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Help--my DS is a pirhana!!

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DS (10.5m) is my 3rd nursling, and I have nursed during pregnancy and past infancy in the past, but none of my bag of tricks is working with him. He BITES. HARD. He does not only bite while nursing--he bites my shoulder when in a carrier my hands when playing patty cake, my legs when he pulls up on the couch. But the biting while nursing is so out of hand that he drew enough blood last week that it was running down his cheek!

 

He also has a bad habit of sucking my nipple in through his teeth rather than opening wide to latch. 

 

Anyone have any advice for me? I have no interest in or intention of weaning any time soon, but my poor nipples feel like someone has take sandpaper to them.

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Oh mama! I don't have advice, maybe bumping your thread someone will. Do you have a le leache league nearby? (Cannot remember how to spell this morning)


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Thanks, neonalee!  I was bummed to be ignored, but this phase has passed now :)  I started concentrating on making him open wide, and his latch has improved. We've also seen the overall biting diminish, so I am no longer at my wits' end.

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