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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
DS's is biting, time to stop BF?
Today DS started to bite me while nursing. He is quite obviously teething, but has been going through this for several months. This makes me think he might be doing this for a long time. He often chews on my fingers and he has always bitten/gummed them really hard.
It hurts my fingers, but I never imagined the pain it would cause my nipples!!!
I don't intend to stop just because he bit me once but if he continues is there anything to do about it? If he continues and I can't take the pain (and I don't think I can) is my only option to stop?
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Re: DS's is biting, time to stop BF?
Stop the nursing session whenever he does it. He'll learn pretty quickly.
And no, I wouldn't stop because of it.
Break the latch, something, then stop nursing them until LO cries. Try again. If they keep biting, put them down and walk away for a minute. You can also pinch their nose to make them let go if you need to (can't breathe)
being bitten wouldn't stop me, even if it happened every time. the good still outweighs the bad.
try giving him motrin or tylenol and see if it helps. and nurse in a quiet, dim area.
Ditto the PP.
When C bites I break the latch (although she's generally not actually fully latched when she does it) and put her on the floor FAST - say "no hurting mommy" in a firm tone and I ignore her for a few minutes. Sometimes I sit there and watch TV, sometimes I walk away. She usually cries and I repeat "no hurting mommy" and after a couple minutes pick her up and put her back on the boob.
Generally I've found that she bites more at the end of session when she's actually done so I've also been paying more attention and ending the session when she just messing around and before she actually bites.
My DD just started this last week. Hurts like HELL!!!
And I agree, its usually towards the end when she's not really eating. I usually stop nursing for a few mins. I always tell her "that hurt mommy!"
She's been teething since about 3.5 months, has 6 teeth now, so I don't really contribute hers to teething since it just started. But she does know how to crunch puffs and stuff with her front teeth.
Good Luck. You could always switch to EPing.
DS has only bitten me twice and I didn't mean to but I yelled out which scared him and he cried both times. I just watch out because he seems to do it at the end when he's done nursing and just playing around. Here's some info from kellymom. Please don't stop nursing, it will pass if you deal with it correctly.
https://www.kellymom.com/bf/older-baby/biting.html
Ditto everyone else. I've been bitten a few times and when I yelped, DS cried. But he doesn't do it very often, and when he does, I take him off the boob and tell him no biting mommy. I would not stop nursing over biting!
She just got her tooth and it broke through. She decided to bite me a few days ago while laying in bed cuddling and nursing (after she wakes up in her crib I bring her in bed with us for a few minutes). I yelped in pain "ouch" and then unlatched her and got out of bed leaving her with DH. She has separation anxiety with me so she hates not seeing me or being in my arms.
She hasn't bite me since but she was in shock that I pushed her away and walked away. Cuddle time and nursing was over... and she got the message.
Please don't stop nursing.... if you got past the pain in the beginning you can get past this!