I had such an "aaawwww" breastfeeding moment today - DD was feeding and she put both her hands onto my bb, took her mouth away from the nipple and then pushed her head into my bb and sort of gave it a hug... I know it wasn't an on purpose move but aaaawwww so cute.
that's so cute tk!

outdoor feeding is so lovely Sterla, your own portable milkbar, that is always the right temp for your bub.

bilby is just about to turn three, and she STILL loves to play peekaboo with my clothing. It's weird, at three years in, i no longer ever feel "full", no more milk sprays, no leaking etc, but there must be something there, bilby is so keen for booby milk.

times you see your baby relishing your milk, those spontaneous giggles and smiles, being in raptures over enjoying their drink, that's what warms your heart, everytime.

Anna, i think every baby goes through biting, because every baby grows teeth, wants to explore with said teeth and needs to learn the limits of what to do with teeth, e.g not bite mummy!

i tried the "firm voice, no, remove baby" but it wasn't enough to solve it for us. Then i posted here on BB and got a response from a breastfeeding counsellor, who re-trained me in POSITION you hold your baby to feed, and re-learning about how to position your nipple in the BACK PALETTE of the baby's mouth. By doing those two things, it makes it physically impossible (or very difficult) for the baby to bite you. I had been taught ideal feeding HOLDING position and all about the putting the nipple in the back palette, back when i was heavily pregnant, but by the time bilby had teeth, and wanted to bite me, i had forgotten how to do it, and/or had gotten lazy with how i held her to feed.

so re-learning those two things, made the world of difference, THE BITING STOPPED!!

also, other things to try
- use breastfeeding jewerelly
(safe size for babies so they won't choke, worn by mother so child can play with jewerelly whilst being fed, no dangerous little metal bits that could be yanked off)
- give child an apple to sink their teeth into, if they need to get that out of their system

biting is VERY painful, i remember thinking, "this is going to be the deal breaker" if this goes on, UNTIL i found out about the position to hold baby and the back palette thing. That was a lightbulb moment for me.

Just remember, if biting WAS a deal breaker, the human race wouldn't have survived, and the cave women didn't have ABA to ring up for help. i may be odd, but i find this reassuring.