biting

Is it ever going to end???? We had not had a biting incident for a while now. Partly bc I think she was learning not too and partly bc Av has gotten better at showing her she is not standing for it any longer. Until 2 nights ago. Ugh, I just wanted to cry. We were in Avery’s room reading books before bedtime. It had been a very nice night. The girls were sitting next to each other on the floor facing me and I was reading to them. Out of nowhere Camille laid back, rolled over into Av’s leg and bit her! I could not believe it. I just sat there in disbelief for a minute. Poor Av, I think she tried to pull her leg away as Camille had a hold of it so it made the bite that much worse. She has a huge red, black and blue mark on her leg now. I was trying to comfort Av while John ran in to deal with Camille. It’s so hard and breaks your heart when one child hurts your other child like that on purpose. Poor Av was so upset and it hurt her so badly. I had a hard time calming her down. John took Camille gave her a stern talking to and put her right to bed. Told her that biting was bad, that hurt her sister and to go to bed. She must have knew we meant business bc she didn’t make another peep after that. We felt bad not kissing her good night. We would have for sure went back in there and calmed her down if she was crying and upset but since she was not making a peep we didn’t want to disturb her. It was hard not saying goodnight to her. The following night they were playing on our bed and for some reason Camille tried to bite again. Av got her off quickly before it could so much harm. I told her “No Bite” and put her in time out. She was upset of course. When I got her out of time out I told her she hurt her sister and to go say she was sorry. She went in and said “sorry sissy” with her little lisp that she has. Av was so sweet. She said, “it’s okay sissy, I love you” and gave her a hug. It made me melt how forgiving Av was. I think Camille is starting to feel her 2-year-old molars and I think that’s why this is happening again. I just hope it stops quickly and for good.