Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions? DD is 5months old and a real biter. She always has chomped down but now she has 2 large bottom teeth and another 2 coming. I obviously pull her off and scream but at 5months old how can I get it across to her that its not ok? I now only offer her the boob when I know she is hungry (I use to for comfort also) but she religiously bites me several times before sucking and I have to pull her of before her meal is finished as she starts biting again when she has had enough. She also doesn't let go and you can see the teeth marks in my nipple. After over a week of it I'm getting really over it (although no desire to wean)
Yell ouch, take her off, put her down on floor and walk away from her. Tell her you don't bite mummy it hurts. Then a few mins later pick her up and try again.
I second what feebs said.
MJ did that when she was little, it was the only thing that worked, she laughed when I said ow (similar age to yours, so didn't understand.) she got the no feed thing though!
Thanks for your replies. I do yell (usally unintentionally from the pain) and take her off but I don't put her down. I'll try that and see if she stops it. When I yell half the time she does laugh or have a smile from ear to ear.
You might find she's doing it towards the end of a feed, when she's just about done. Try to keep an eye and pre-empt the biting (ie stop the feed before she gets a chance). Also, check your attachment. Towards the end of a feed you've often just settled in without paying attention to how she's latching. If she's latching correctly, she won't be able to bite. If she isn't, she's probably almost done. Either way, take her off, reattach if she seems to want more.
yeah, tryy not to yell. Just take her straight off and put her down - that's probably the best method at that age. If it's at thhe end of the feed you can watch for it and pop her off before she gets the chance.
hopefully she'll stop soon!
Just wanna subscribe as DS is a biter to. I'm no longer BFing but he'll go in for a nice cuddle and take a chunk out of my shoulder, he has 4 teeth, I always scream because it hurts so god dam bad, but I don't put him down so I'll try that. He always cries when I yell which makes me feel bad
Thanks for the suggestions. She tends to bite as soon as I try to latch her even when she is hungry. Then once she starts sucking she is fine until the end of the feed when she starts it again so I have managed to stop this by taking her off before she starts it. Now its stopping her biting to start with. I'll keep perservering with putting her down and trying again a little whils later.
Raffy I think the chunk out of my shoulder will be next. She nestlings into my shoulder and I think its only a matter of time before she tries that also. I think the teeth are really unsettling her at the moment so FX when she stops teething it improved but I don't know.
- Pull baby close. Instead of the yank-and-yell response, which you may intuitively feel like doing, as soon as you sense baby's teeth coming down to bite, draw her in close to your breast and she will automatically let go in order to open her mouth more and uncover her nose to breathe. Don't try to disengage your nipple from the clenched teeth. Your baby will lessen her bite as she realized that she can't both bite and breathe. After several times of this counter-instinctive trick of pulling your baby in close to you when she bites, your baby will realize that biting triggers this uncomfortable response and she will stop biting. Remember, your goal is to discourage her from biting, not to frighten her.
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lol quite a few people have told me it works a treat!
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