[alijased]

any advice?

DD has started biting when she is done nursing. i have yelled ouch a couple of times, and she starts to cry. But does it anyway. I am almost scared to nurse her

 

[kozmickreations05]

my ds did the same thing, i'd scream, he'd cry..and I was left terrified of the next feeding. Only thing that I think worked for us was when it happened again I exclaimed "no bitting, or no ninny" and i would take him away from the breast until the next feeding. Hope something works out for ya.

 

[siobhang]

I "overreact" intentionally. I yell, delatch (if needed), and put him down immediately - and ignore him. He gets a very surprised look on his face so far - I *think* he is starting to catch on that biting=ending nursing immediately.

Siobhan

 

[mamak05]

Mine did that too.

I know this seems counterintuitive, but as soon as I felt her start to clamp down I pulled her much closer, so she had to detach herself to breathe, then I would offer her something she could bite on. And explain that mama is for milk and love, and her bumblebee teething ring was for biting.

Perhaps yours is starting to teethe or is learning what to do with teeth that are in there. Mine was using her gums on me - darn those baby jaws are strong!

It took a couple times, but she got the idea, and it wasn't too scary for her or hard on me.

 

[cellarstella]

: She doesn't have teeth yet... I fear the teeth! But hopefully this communicating about not biting with her gums will help. It's hard when she does it when she's done because why would she care about being taken away from the breast if she's all done anyway? good luck!

 

[Ambyrkatt]

I'm having the same problem with my DS (9 months) and he has teeth...very sharp teeth. Ugh. He's cutting his 5th tooth this week and I'm sure that's why his biting has increased. I yell "ouch" , tell him "biting hurts," and I make a sad face and stop nursing him for a minute or so. Maybe I should just end the feeding? It's so tough because he's really clingy and wanting to nurse more since he's teething, but then he gets on the boob and ends up biting me because he's not really hungry and nursing.

Any idea of how old a baby needs to be to understand that what they are doing hurts you?

 

[bebetuck]

I just got bit by ds last night...hard!!

he pulled away while biting, holy s#$% that hurt sooo bad. he's got 2 lower teeth.

i screamed, pulled my shirt down and set him on the floor, where he cried. i picked him up and comforted him, but didn't put him back on the boob.

i think ending the session will get them to catch on quicker.

good luck to all of us!

 

[monkeymimi]

This is what happened to me, too, a few days ago - Bea also just got her two lower teeth. She was nursing and falling asleep - she clamped down and pulled away - I screamed, "ooooooooh! oooooooooooh! OOOOOOOOOHHH!!" and she did not even wake up, and went on to sleep very peacefully.

I don't want to scare her but I can't help but scream when she has bitten. She hasn't done it in a couple of days now. She is definitely not doing it "on purpose" and I hope she has made a connection between making Mommy make that awful noise and too much pressure on the ol' nipple

 

[spughy]

Mine bites me on purpose when she doesn't want to nurse - or at least not on that boob. And then she cries when I holler. We are having issues with this at the moment. I'm sorry, I have no advice

just sympathy. (And mine now has 4 teeth... it gets worse...)

 

[SabbathD]

I have never dealt with this, as I am only on DC #1 and she is only 6 weeks old, but Kellymom.com had a great bit of info on it. Check it out!

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/biting.html