He has officially bit me

Re: He has officially bit me

• mominatrix member

  March 2009

  DD went through a biting phase...

  One thing you always need to remember - if they're biting, they aren't nursing. The mouth action is completely different.
  

  my recommendation: immediately take him off the boob, say "no bite" or something equally sharp. Let him know that biting is completely unacceptable.

  If you're at all wishy-washy about it, he'll keep doing it.

  It wasn't until I was very firm, and took her off and kept her off that she stopped biting.

   

  A lot of moms will kind of subjugate themselves to their kids. This is one of those situations where your child can really hurt you. It's incredibly important to set limits and to stick to them - let your child know that it's really not OK to hurt you...

  good luck... I hated the biting... I began to dread nursing her...

  It took us some time to get over it (mostly because I wasn't as firm and consistent as I needed to be)...
  

  The Girl is 5. The Boy is 2. The Dog is 1.
  
  
  
  I am the 99%.

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• SLP mama member

  March 2009

  Luckily, my 1 yo doesn't have teeth yet, but he went through a biting phase for a few weeks. It was months ago, and he only tried once recently. I also firmly said no, took him off, and kept him off until he cried. I think I should've been more firm at first, too.
  

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• Matsifloxacin

  March 2009

  ouch, sorry murph.
  

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• roseroseroseroserose member

  March 2009

  The only thing that worked for me was to ignore her when she bit.  She was looking for a reaction so she was fine with a firm no.  I would ignore her and put her down for a second.  She was begging to nurse again after that.  Sometimes we would have to do that 2-3 times before she got the hint. 

  It was a week or two.  GL

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• FriendlyFanny

  March 2009

  I am not looking forward to this day for us. I'm so glad she hasn't popped any teeth yet.

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