Gigi - thank you thank you!!!!! I am feeling very DESPERATE here I even expressed this afternoon 100ml's in a bottle to give to DD just so she could have some of my milk and I wouldn't get bitten which she drank it all, whilst biting the teat on the bottle! but i don't want to get her used to this idea as she'll definitely wean off me if I keep doing that.... I'm not ready to wean her yet.... surely we can overcome this???? She is biting me DAILY and a few times a day..... I'm really over the biting.....
I wish FionaJill would come back in here! I noticed she hasn't posted on here in ages.
Barb????
(I've just started my ABA training to become a counsellor which I'm so very excited about but this problem with BF'ing I have no idea about what to do!!!!)
Shanti, no I don't think she's weaning. Don't offer her bottles if you're worried about that.
Great advice from gigi! I hope you can find a way to get through this. DS went through a biting phase at this age and I honestly got to the stage where I didn't want to feed him anymore (or worried that I just couldn't). I never offered him an alternative, just stopped feeding him for half a day at a time cause I just couldn't face it. After the last time he just stopped.
Sorry I can't be of more help to you
Hun, you are doing such a great job. I'm sorry that you are going through this. Biting really hurts
When is it that she's biting? If it's at the start of a feed, it might be related to teething, and giving her something cold to chew on before a bf might help. Or it might also be impatience for you to let down, in which case expressing a bit before attaching her might help. If it's at the end of a feed, she's probably finished and playing. Detatching her before she gets a chance to bite works best, although it can take a while to get the hang of knowing when she's going to do it. While she's sucking - when you can hear that suck-swallow, suck-swallow pattern going, she shouldn't be able to bite you as her tongue in the way. So the trick is to pull her off as soon as she gets to the flutter sucking.
Gigi is right that careful attention to attachment can help too. It's really easy to just let them attach at that age without paying too much notice, but by making sure she's on properly it makes it harder for her to bite, and you can generally get some warning when she's going to as you can feel (with experience) the mouth movement. Changing the position she is in when she feeds might be all it takes (or not!).
Best of luck hun. I am sure you will get through this - you are one of the most determined people I know.
I even expressed this afternoon 100ml's in a bottle to give to DD just so she could have some of my milk and I wouldn't get bitten
but i don't want to get her used to this idea as she'll definitely wean off me if I keep doing that.... I'm not ready to wean her yet.... surely we can overcome this???? She is biting me DAILY and a few times a day..... I'm really over the biting.....
but this problem with BF'ing I have no idea about what to do!!!!)
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I'm not ready. OR is this one of those nursing strikes they do??? I'm not liking it....
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