Self-biting while teething?

WineCountryWife

My dd is pushing through at least four teeth right now (lateral incisors and canines on the bottom) and is biting her fingers and hands like mad today.  We noticed at dinner that she had some red marks on her hands and amrs that hadn't been there before and thought maybe she had pinched herself on a toy and she just never fussed about it. Then as my DH was getting her ready for a bath he noticed more, all the way up to her elbow almost, and you can actually see the teeth marks this time. She's biting hard.  We do have teething toys for her, and rings, and she doesn't use them.  Has anyone ever come across this? We talked to her about not biting herself, but I don't know that that will work.  Any suggestions on how to get her to stop biting herself?

kbrodie06

my daughter did the same thing and now the teeth are in and she stopped. Toys, chewy things did not help but she did love to chew/eat ice, so that helped or we just kept her occupied and that sort of helped. Sorry no suggestions as nothing stopped her completely. She was chewing her fingers like crazy, but just her fingers.

Kristin

futrkingsley

Yup, when C was cutting his first set of molars and then again when he cut his canines, he totally bit his own fingers. The incisors actually cut his fingers. At first we couldn't figure out how he got a cut and then I watched him shove his fingers in and bite down hard and realized he did it to himself. So sad! We've tried to keep on top of his doses of teething drops and it helped some. 

jsugrin

Andrew doe it too and nothing stopped him.  He just doesn't seem to care about the pain so I guess it helps his teeth enough that it's worth it::shrugs:::