Biting

Re: Biting

• vvvvvfee member

  April 2014

  is your LO really only 6 weeks old? or is your ticker wrong?
  
  biting, in general, is a phase. usually babies start to clamp down when they get distracted/lose interest in the breast, so once you see them stop sucking, pull away a little, etc. de-latch them right away before they bite. and try not to react when they bite.
  
  if your LO is as young as your ticker says, she may not be latching correctly. a good latch should not hurt. you might want to talk to a lactation consultant or check this page for more info.
  

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• Margotsha member

  April 2014

  Yup, 6 weeks old. I'll take look at that info. Thanks!

  

     

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• Asivec member

  April 2014

  I had a biter from the start (and still do but now with teeth). I found that unlatching, repositioning, relatching helps. Make sure your LO feels secure (no hanging arms, legs, or even tilting towards or away from you). If your LO will suck on your finger you may be able to tell more about what's happening and why they are clamping down.
  
  Make sure you break the latch with your finger before unlatching. Good luck!
  

  
  

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• Designermomma member

  April 2014

  Mine was a biter right away too. He was really gassy and would clamp down whenever he had a gas pain or mad. My LC said I wasnt noticing hunger cues early enough and to feed him before he was awake and that helped a lot. (Hard to do when you are sleeping/exhausted though) Things were going good but now he is 3 Months and teething! I can feel little teeth nubs starting to come in now. Now that is painful! I've been pumping until I recover. What do you do when your baby is teething? How do you still BF?

  

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• Asivec member

  April 2014

  For teething and bfing a biter in the beginning I was dream feeding several times a night. Not perfect but it worked. I found that she truly needed to be hungry during the day when feeding. If she bit me (with her razor blade as I call it) I would unlatch and give her my finger or side of my hand to chew on until she stopped biting. Then attempt to relatch. Plenty of times it didn't work and I gave her Sophie to chew. I just figured the dream feeds would make it up. Now she knows if she bites she gets something else to bite and not milk.
  
  I do supplement (4 oz a day) and pump at times so all of this has helped maintain the bfing relationship through the tough times. Good luck!
  
  

  
  

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