First time mother here looking for some advice. My son has always been what I would consider a "high needs" child, but lately I've been feeling very frazzled with him and kind of at the end of my rope. We've had a few problems develop over the past few months that I'm not quite sure are entirely normal or how to remedy them.

Firstly, he has taken to biting. A lot. Almost compulsively. I know that hair pulling, hitting, etc. are normal at his age, but his biting behavior is very unusual. I've never seen another baby do it. He does bite when he's frustrated with me or upset, but even when he is going about his business playing or checking things out, he will suddenly stop and run over to me and start biting at my knees or fingers. If I attempt to stop him he just keeps trying until I physically detach myself from him. If he isn't biting at me, he'll often stop to bite our mattress or the couch, anything soft enough to not hurt him. My first guess would have been teething but he isn't as far as I can tell, and it's been going on for a while and escalating with time. He doesn't do this with anyone else.

The second that he absolutely does not listen to me at all. I mean, I know, he's 13 months old. But he minds his grandmother and father as well as you could expect. On the other hand, if I try to tell him "no" to playing with a forbidden item or to stop hitting me, etc. he will either ignore me entirely or laugh at me quite hysterically and ramp up his behavior. I feel like this is normal, but it's frustrating beyond all explanation that I'm the only one he does this with, and I have no idea of how to fix it.
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13 month old is obsessively biting me and will not listen to me
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First time mother here looking for some advice. My son has always been what I would consider a "high needs" child, but lately I've been feeling very frazzled with him and kind of at the end of my rope. We've had a few problems develop over the past few months that I'm not quite sure are entirely normal or how to remedy them.

Firstly, he has taken to biting. A lot. Almost compulsively. I know that hair pulling, hitting, etc. are normal at his age, but his biting behavior is very unusual. I've never seen another baby do it. He does bite when he's frustrated with me or upset, but even when he is going about his business playing or checking things out, he will suddenly stop and run over to me and start biting at my knees or fingers. If I attempt to stop him he just keeps trying until I physically detach myself from him. If he isn't biting at me, he'll often stop to bite our mattress or the couch, anything soft enough to not hurt him. My first guess would have been teething but he isn't as far as I can tell, and it's been going on for a while and escalating with time. He doesn't do this with anyone else.

The second that he absolutely does not listen to me at all. I mean, I know, he's 13 months old. But he minds his grandmother and father as well as you could expect. On the other hand, if I try to tell him "no" to playing with a forbidden item or to stop hitting me, etc. he will either ignore me entirely or laugh at me quite hysterically and ramp up his behavior. I feel like this is normal, but it's frustrating beyond all explanation that I'm the only one he does this with, and I have no idea of how to fix it.
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13 month old who I can't seem to stop biting with no explanation
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