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 | | Purred: Fri Dec 30, '11 9:40am PST |  | |  | | Kittens bite, thats just how it is, they are "playing" with you, as they would with another kitten. You just have to teach them, its not acceptable, and they do outgrow it, but you have to teach them. 
Bump did this as a kitten, my kittens did it when they were little tykes. When Bump was a little tyke, he would climb your leg, and you could count, on Cowboy, biting your toes, when you got out of bed, you had like one second to get your feets into slippers, mol. I taught them, this is not acceptable.
You do this, by first, not playing with the kitten, with your fingers, redirect his attention with a wand toy.
When he starts to bite, you say, in a loud stern voice, but not yelling, "no biting, that is baddy boy stuff"
Mine know what "no" means, and they know that "baddy boy stuff" is not good. This does not happen overnight, it takes time and patience, and you must be consistant, say it every time, and always, always use the same words, to fit the situation. They also know, that mommy usually talks to them in a sweet or baby voice. When mommy raises her voice, but not yelling, that ain't good either.
I highly recommend, you do not, bite him back. You could by accident, bite him too hard, and cause an injury, and most importantly, to him, you are playing with him, as another kitten would do, you are encouraging him to bite.
Kittens must be taught manners, and what is acceptable, and what is not, it just takes time and alot of patience. Best of luck, hope this helps, kittens are so cute, take lots of pictures now, they grow up so fast.
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just don't do it loud enough to totally freak him out. the goal is to tell him it's wrong, not horrify him! 
This is my second cat. My first we adopted at 9 months old and she was always laid back and never bit me. Since Inzo is younger and a boy it's a little different. But he loves his bear and I am just fine with him going to town on that! When he is laying in my lap and he gives me that look I say ohh Inzo look, bear, and I hold it over him and shake the bear a bit and his eyes get huge and he reaches for it and bits and kicks away! He also has many, many jingle balls that he bats around the house, he has a toy that is a little red fuzz ball and then has arms that hang down, kind of like an octopus and he will carry it around in his mouth like a bird.
