Beware of Toddler

[LabRat]

I was just looking for some "this worked for me" type advice form anyone who has been thru the biting stage with a toddler. My main concern is that my daughter (22 mo) is occasionally biting her daycare pals during tussles over toys, and I don't want this to get out of control so that we are asked to leave the center (I LOVE it). Muzzles don't come in 2T. When she bites me at home, usually when she is tired, i hold her chin and look her in the eyes firmly saying "Katie, no biting, it hurts me. You need to ...say please (or whatever). Please kiss mommie's owie." She usually looks genuinely sad that she hurt me, and it only happens once a night, 2-3 times a week for the last 3 weeks. When I drop her off in the mornings, i look her in the eyes and tell her she needs to be gentle to her friends, so no biting, OK? If she does bite that day, she doesn't get her sucker that everyone gets when their parents come. (and i tell her you bit so-and-so today, so no sucker) Of course she , but i think she gets why. Wednesday she didn't bite, so all the way home in the car i would say "did katie bite today? NO!! and we both would holler YEAH!! and clap our hands." She got a brownie after dinner from dad when he asked her if she bit anyone and she said no. no biting yesterday either, but we didn't make such a big deal out of it, just told her we were proud of her and gave her big hugs. we'll see how today goes. Thanks in advance for the advice.