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Tips for nursing a biting baby

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I was looking for some info about how to prevent a baby from biting while nursing or how to teach them. I know a few had asked in another post. I found this on Kellymom. Thought I would share..

https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/biting/

Feel free to add whatever works for you :)
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Re: Tips for nursing a biting baby

  • MommyKristin88MommyKristin88 member

    I found that breaking the latch, and ending the nursing session for a few minutes helps sometimes. Other times, he doesn't care. Also, ending the nursing session as soon as he finishes actively sucking, so he doesn't start "playing" and just munching on me with no intent of getting milk.

    I haven't found anything that works 100% of the time though.

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  • kkay1982kkay1982 member
    My mom keeps telling me I should get a spray bottle with water in it to have next to me when I nurse. I guess she used to spritz us when we bit and we stopped fairly quickly. Think I might try some other things first once LO starts biting but I am not against this idea completely.
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  • nnikki10nnikki10 member
    kkay1982 said:

    My mom keeps telling me I should get a spray bottle with water in it to have next to me when I nurse. I guess she used to spritz us when we bit and we stopped fairly quickly. Think I might try some other things first once LO starts biting but I am not against this idea completely.

    Haha my mom would do this to my brother when he was like 2-3. He would do temper tantrums and throw himself on the floor kicking and screaming. She would squirt him with a squirt bottle and he would stop.
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  • WildRumpusWildRumpus member
    I'm so scared of when he actually gets a tooth...he's been grinding his gums together for the last few weeks. I've started telling him no and unlatching/ending the session, but so far it hasn't made an impact.
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    Theusualmischief said:
    kkay1982 said:
    My mom keeps telling me I should get a spray bottle with water in it to have next to me when I nurse. I guess she used to spritz us when we bit and we stopped fairly quickly. Think I might try some other things first once LO starts biting but I am not against this idea completely.
    My mom does this to her dogs...  

    Not judging, just had to comment...
    I do it to my cats when they misbehave. :)
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  • rh10264706rh10264706 member
    Try a different nursing position.
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  • carrotcake06carrotcake06 member
    I end the session - cover up and pull LO up to a sitting position. Sometimes I'll relatch but most often not.

    As pp said, it is most often at the end when they're just playing so ending the session isn't a big deal.

    Usually, these are just phases as LO adapts to getting teeth - their latch changes.

    Worse than biting is scraping. When their teeth scrape against your nip - it's so mothereffing painful. It almost ended nursing for me when my oldest was 12-13 mo. It lasted a couple of weeks and then we adapted his latch and we continued nursing for another 7-8mo.
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