[candiland]

Oh, geez. My son has been biting my nipples since he got his first tooth at six months old. He'll be 17 mo. on the 15th!

I stuck with the "Ouch! No biting!" method... When he'd clamp down, I'd say that phrase firmly and sit him down and not nurse him for a little while. I did this for a long time.... like, for several months.... no change. He would actually giggle when I yelped or screamed, depending on how hard he would bite me!
Now he's seventeen months, and he's always playfully nipping my nipple. And it HURTS! He almost has a full mouth of teeth, and he leaves tooth indentations all the way around my nipple. Also, for the past few months, he has been griding my nipple into his teeth while he nurses. I take him off, relatch, say "Ouch! Please don't use your teeth..." NOTHING is working. By the time he's finished, I have little tears around the base of my nipple and tooth indentations, as well. My poor nips are so sore it hurts to put a bra on sometimes!
I really, really want to nurse him at least until he's two... I nursed my DD until 25 months, then I got farther along into my pregnancy and my nipples felt like they were on fire every time she nursed.... but I'm sick of being in pain 24/7. Literally. 24/7 my nipples hurt, pretty badly.
Any advice? Anyone else been through this?

 

[Aster]

That sounds brutal. Your poor nips!!

I bet you've probably already tried everything. Can you tell when he's getting ready to bite? When boo went thru the biting thing, i usually got a bit of warning before he could bite bc his latch would change a bit. Then i'd pull him in close so that he couldnt latch off enough to bite, gently stick my finger in his mouth to unlatch him and we'd start over again. I had to really pay attention to what he was doing though, or i'd miss that initial starting to latch off thing and i'd end up getting bitten.

I hope you can figure out something that will work for you.

 

[MilkbarMom]

and it worked like a charm with both my children. My older was a biter, and also thought it was funny. When he bites, intsantly pull his face into your breast so that his nose is covered. The smothering effect will cause him to let go immediatly. It requires no reaction from you. This worked for my biter, and within a day or two she stopped, with the exception of that terrible teeth clench as she would fall asleep

I hope this did not sound harsh, as it really is not, and their brains process it so much better than "no biting mommy". I know I tried that first too.

 

[fyrflymommy]

my 21mo dd is a biter. she leaves indents, too. she thinks it's funny to bite me! and it hurts since she's almost got all her teeth. sorry i don't have any advice for you.... just letting ya know i'm going thru the same thing.

 

[candiland]

Well, now it's not so much the biting as it is the constant grinding of his teeth against my nips.
I swear, every time he takes a suck, it feels like he's rubbing his teeth up and down my nipple instead of nursing. Instead of it feeling like "suck, release, suck, release, suck, release" it feels like "scrape, release, scrape, release, scrape, release..." I try to re-latch him but NOTHING is changing the way he is nursing. At least with the biting I could do something about it.... but this part has me really baffled. I'm raw by the time he's finished "nursing"!

 

[Aster]

Yikes!

So, it's more of a latch problem than a biting problem?

this is our thread from when boo had latch problems if you want to look at it. I found some good ideas and we eventually did resolve the lazy latch problem, but it took a while.

I can totally empathize with what you're going thru. I hope you can get some relief soon.

 

[Aster]

Just wondering if things have gotten any better...