One twin keeps biting the other (advice!?)

I have fraternal twin girls, 22 months old. The older twin, who is slightly taller and heavier than her sister, keeps pinning down and biting her sister when they are alone in their room for either nap time or bed time. We just transitioned from cribs to floor beds about a month ago so this is pretty new freedom to them. The biting twin doesn't seem to understand that she is hurting her sister, she thinks it's funny and doesn't respond to us telling her no biting (if anything that makes her do it more). We have tried being patient and at times we've yelled at her as she has now bit her all up her back and twice in the face. We try separating them, we try taking away favorite toys which does help for a little while but not long. We've given teething toys and tried explaining that she can bite the toys but not her sister. I just don't know what else we can try. I read that we should try giving all the attention to the bitten twin when it happens, and just keep saying "no biting" to the biting twin. This seems to possibly be working to reduce the biting incidents over the past couple of days but any other advice or shared experience would be appreciated. I feel so spent from trying to play refferre with them lately. Is this the terrible twos starting?? How long did this biting phase last for your twins??

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My girls have been doing that too I have no advice my twins are 12 months old I am commenting cause I also need advice idk what to do either I’m in a similar situation of the slightly taller and heavier twin bitting the smaller one 😪

I don’t know why this popped up as I don’t have twins. But my 22m old bites his 3yo brother and me. Some people may not agree or tell me I’m only encouraging it but when he tries to bite me I go ah! No biting! And I say we can give kisses instead, how do we give kisses? And kiss his hand. I don’t know I’ve just found with my two boys that making redirection fun/light they respond better. I’ve been doing it for a few weeks - still on rare occasions bites but now if he tries and I say no biting he kinda sucks/kisses my arm or his brother.

My twins do the same.. I am looking for advice as well 😞 17month old boys..

@Rebecca @Chandan Sorry to hear you're both going through this as well 😓 i might consult with our pediatrician if it doesn't get better. At our last appointment with our family doctor I brought it up, although it wasn't as out of hand at that point, but they just said to keep redirecting. But it feels impossible when it's bed time and you can't seperate them (we have no other room for one twin to sleep), and they just keep doing it non-stop. I hope it gets better for you and I'll update if I find anything that works!

@Sharnee I've tried doing this when she bites me but it almost riles her up more to do it. I appreciate the advice though, I'm sorry you're going through this with your kiddos. I hope it keeps getting better for you!

It will pass. My twins were doing that around 12 months. Took a real chunk on each other! Big teeth marks showed up. Scared me for a while. But haven't done it since. They will 3 in July x

@Emma how long would you say that stage lasted?

@Jenessa oh I'd say about 5 months on and off xx

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