Face Biting!

So Barney is a face biter - don't know why but he love to come over and snuggle and then gets all bitey with your face. I am trying to teach him that he shouldn't do that by either redirecting him (which works a lot of the time), moving him to the floor (usually at bedtime when he is bitey) or when desparate I do have to squirt him with the water bottle. See, if he never grew it would not be a problem but as he gets bigger he gets stronger, including his jaw. He will also come over and try and shove his nose in my nose, and the gets bitey with it. I am learning the signs so I can preemtivly move him if need be. He is sleeping on the bed more but he usually gets down to go to his favorite spot for most of the night, which is good so I don't roll over on him. We will probably try letting him out at night this weekend and see how he does. I know the other cats will be happy to get to be in there again. Virgil came in last night and had to be carried out. The others are usually headed that way when I am bringing Barney up but I usually get there first and shut the door. I just hope they don't take advantage of the new situation as a way to put the smack down on him while we aren't noticing. They haven't really bugged him much so far.Keep your fingers crossed for me!