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BF and biting advice?
DS cut his two bottom teeth a little over 3 weeks ago (a couple of weeks before he hit 5 months). He experimentally bit a few times during nursing, but since last night, he bit me once in a night feeding and three times during today's feedings. Does anyone else have a biter, and how do you deal with this situation? I want to keep BFing, but also want to get out of this little guy's childhood with two intact nipples!!
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Re: BF and biting advice?
Two things worked for me.
With #1 I when he bit I tapped him on the nose and told him no. #2 thought that was funny so I took the food away when he bit. He didn't think that was so funny. It only took a few times with both boys before they got it.
smothering him with the boobs isn't working anymore? :P
the nose thump method that charlotte mentioned worked on maddy...
whatever, you do, don't let go of him... i heard a story once about a baby who took his mom by surprise with a bite and when she let go, he was still hanging on! :P
i quit nursing and became an exclusive pumper with ems when she bite me one time too hard!
with drew, i took away the bewb a couple of times and then he stopped biting...but her never bit too hard!
My kid was stubborn. He would forget from one day to the next what happened when he bit. I would first say a very stern "no" and pull him away. Second bite would get a little nose thump with a no. And third bite would get a firmer NO and I would put him on the floor and walk away. If he did it again I would just keep putting him down and walking away.
My little fart knew what he was doing and after a while I could tell it was going to happen. He'd get real still and suddenly chomp down. Most of the time I could prevent it by giving him the side-eye with a NO before he bit. He'd frown at me and pretend he was going to cry and then go back to nursing without biting me at all.
My youngest did this too!
This is what I would do... I would recommend, when he/she bites, to try to refrain from a loud gasp or yell (think squeaky toy - it will only encourage babe to try it again), instead give a firm NO/stern face and either:
That worked to train ds not to do it within a few days. Keep at it! This too shall pass!
This sounds like my DS2, who now nurses with no issue. DS1 understood not to bite much more quickly.
This post has me cringing....the memory is too clear!
To get DS off initially, I would push his face (nose) into my boob as hard as I could and when he needed to breath he would let go of my nipple. I took the advice of some girls on the board and tapped him on the nose with a stern "no" after he let go. It only took a few times and he got the message.
The one time he bit me the hardest was when I was low on milk. I had to pump late at work and guess I wasn't full enough by the time I got home. I popped him on and he bit down, pulled back and shook his head (trying to do what he did to the bottle, I guess????). The pain......ugh!