Once Bitten, Twice Shy

One of my worse fears came true Morning morning. It was the end of Gymboree class and I was standing there with a couple of friends chatting and holding N. She, for some reason had been particularly clingy all morning. Very unusual for her to be so, but I just went with the flow and when she did not wanted held I held her.

Anyway, I'm chatting with my friends and N starts to open her mouth and put it on my shoulder. She's done this before, usually she will just suck my shoulder/arm and then stop. Monday though, as I was chatting, without warning, she bit me! I scolded her and said "N we do not bite!" and gave her a really dirty look and instead of giving me that "look" she has when she knows she's done something wrong, she gave me the saddest puppy eyes, turned her head and nuzzled into my shoulder.

I'm really not sure if it's related to her eye teeth coming in (top ones are very visible, the bottom ones are just white slivers) or what. I'm thinking she just did it without really realizing the effect. She's not done it since and I really hope she does not do it again. One thing I really do not want to have to deal with is a child that bites. I read stories of other mom's on my parenting board who have kids that bite and it seems so frustrating to try and get your child not to bite you or other kids.