http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8420657



"COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Algood police arrested a woman for biting her 9-month-old daughter in retaliation for biting her on the forehead.

Police charged 29-year-old Stacie Marie Davis with child abuse for leaving teeth marks on her daughter's arm.

Davis said the case is being blown out of proportion.

"It was the wrong thing to do. I got some bad advice and I feel bad about it," she said.

Davis admits biting her 9-month-old daughter, Autumn on the elbow.

"She has teeth," she said. "She's a happy baby."

Like many children her age, Autumn likes to test her new teeth. Davis said she heard biting the child might discourage her from biting someone.

Police said Davis and her child were sitting on the kitchen floor when Autumn became cranky and fussy. The child bit Davis on the forehead.

"So, I bit her back," Davis said."

makes sense lol

no it doesn't.. it's totally sick and insane

Biting them back worked for my kids. I never left teeth marks though lol i never bit them that hard. I always try to teach my children the consequences of their actions, so that they know what effect their choices have, and the stop to think about what they are doing. Its a fine line though, and unfortunately easy to cross. Being arrested in this case seems a bit harsh to me though.

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It works, but do it on the butt, diapers cushin the blow.

I had to do it with my son. He was right down MEAN when it came to biting. .he bit a hunk out of my shoulder one time. . .and I actually have a scar from it >_<. After that incident and a few others that were similar (except on different people), I would bite him back if he would bite me. Not hard, but enough to let him know not to do it to other people. Worked like a charm. He hasn't bitten anyone since. I've seen him start to, but he'll stop and think about it for a minute and then change his mind.

Normally i would be the first to say that you should never physically harm a child and i stand by that and if this lady left teeth marks then imo she bit too hard . and not only that the child was 9 months . personally thats too young IMO at that age its just a frustration thing or teething .

My first child was a biter. really bad for it and it lasted right up till age 2 , would bite everyone and everything when in a temper. it got too the point where i had to pull her out of tumble tots for other kids safety . in the end after speaking to her health visitor and after we had tried everything else. she was the one who said try to bite her back . just enough so she can see how it feels . but not enough to hurt/mark her . Apprehensively i tried it . and it worked. she looked a little shocked at the time but not hurt . but it put an end too her really bad habit which was out of hand . The only reason i resorted to it was because it had gone on for a long time and she was aware of the attention she would get from it . ie other kid crying . (she was old enough to know by then) . but IMO 9 months is way too young . and i woudlnt dream of it at that age . Thats just my opinion though . and some may say i shouldn' t have bitten her at all . but at the time it was a last resort kind of thing .

Luckilly my last two haven't been biters, but in an extreme case i would probably do it again if i had too . but as someone earlier said there is a very fine line and I think this lady crossed it

Just my 2 cents .

It may sounds right, but its not. If you bit your son, he may think to bite back hard like she did and leading to anger and confusion.

Lesson learned, my son and I would play and I would nibble him into laughter, and so he knows to play is to bite and he soon was known as the a biter in sunday school. he learned not to bite when another kid bit him back harder, leaving a big mark on him.
With my second son, I remembered not to nibble like I did with my first and he never learned to bite.

I remember when my kids were little, it was told to me also that if the child bites, give him back a nip...I did and it worked...It's a little different then putting a full bite on a little one, but someone probably gave this lady this same advice and she got a little carried away..Now fpr one of my grandchildren, who bit, this didn't faze him...He eventually stopped, after taking away all his toys, so that worked for him...

My mom says she did it to me when I was a toddler, I have been told more than once to do it to my own kids. I think it is an old wife's cure. kinda like putting a little liqur in a baby bady to sooth them, or rubbing brandy on a babies gums. Most people know better, but when someone older who has raised kids of their own tell you it works. . .

whats good for the goose is good for the gander,

She shouldn't of left a mark (c'mon it's evidence, everyone knows not to leave a mark, lol), but I'm sure in the heat of the moment she just got carried away a tad.
My mum only had to bite me once to stop me from biting. Same with my eldest daughter, I only bit her once and that was the end of that.
Kids don't understand what they are doing at that age, so I guess biting them back is just showing them the consequences, I don't see anything wrong with that.
But I hope this woman doesn't get into too much trouble.

Never bite a dirty diaper! ok thats a sentence I never thought I would say LOL

I bit my kids back when they bit me... only took one time a piece and they never did it again. This kind of thing is getting way out of hand. It's no wonder we're all headed south in this handbasket

Heheh, I was a biter starting around 7 mo's or so. My mother NEVER used the bite back trick with me.

BUT, around 9mo's old, I bit my 10mo cousin and both broke the skin and bruised her on her BACK! (my aunt still calls me the backbiter! I'm 41! LOL) My aunt, leaned over and bit the crap out of me. My mother was furious she did that, BUT, mom swears I only bit one person one time after that. My grandfather... he was asleep in a recliner, and I crawled over and bit his big toe.. woke him up out of a dead sleep! He bit me back too. Mom swears it was the last time I bit anyone.

Like my mother, I don't advocate biting back ever.... BUT, I have to admit, it probably works to a certain extent. I have a feeling this poor gal was just doing something that a lot of people have probably done.

These thing do work, but are wide open to child abuse. So i think you need to be sensible and realise that she did it to teach her child a life lesson, not anything more.

It doesn't really sound like she should be lumped in with chld abusers. SHe was after all following what from this thread is common advice tho perhaps took it too far. It seems more like she was misguided but trying to do the right thing. Many here have claimed it appears to work and even if you dont quite agree with it I dont think she should be charged with abuse. Perhaps at most the authrities that are dealign with this should offer her advice and information on different ways of dealing with such issues instead of victimising what is quite probably simply a loving mother trying to figure out the right way to raise her child.

So this is what we get? One woman bites her child back just a little to hard on accident, and gets arrested. However, the people who used to live down the street from me let their little toddlers run around unsupervised, let them play with broken glass, and allowed one of them to raise himself (at eight years old, the kid was huge trouble), and on top of that the mother was a known meth addict are allowed to keep their kids? (I did call DHS on this family, and they did squat. In fact, the day after they sent the social worker, this family's youngest was playing in the street and I don't think an adult was even home.) This is horrible. They should spend their time arresting people who really are neglecting and abusing their children.

Hell, how did the police find out? Did a neighbour call in or something? Grr... *calms self down*

That's what I was wondering? Did someone in the house witness this and freak out, or did the mom leave big bleeding teethmarks on her kid's arm or what?

I was taught that if a child needs to be taught that biting hurts. You bite back not in retaliation, but to demonstrate that biting hurts. And you must make it hurt! (trick is, to not leave a mark though as that is TOO hard).

I guess that's a possibility. Its obvious from this thread that people are disturbed by it, so maybe!