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| My 9 month old has been biting me almost every time I nurse him for the last few days. I am pretty sure it is because he is teething but I am not sure what to do. Any advice? |
| Posted by Chrissy on 06/11/2007 11:14 AM
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| I had, and sometimes still have, the exact same experience. What I do is pull her back, firmly tell her "no biting" and set her on the floor. This usually upsets her, because she wants to eat, and she will cry a bit. Babies only have about 30 second memories so I will pick her up about 20 seconds after that and start nursing again. Sometimes it takes me forever to feed her because we keep going back and forth, but she has stopped biting me for the most part. Good luck, MAN do I know how that can hurt. Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it!! |
| posted by Briana on 06/11/2007 12:46 PM
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| Sry about the pain but your son is cute.I would gladly try to help but I only nursed my son till he was 5 1/2 months. I would have gone longer but we were over seas and my milk started to dry up because I was stressed out and my son wasn't getting enough so I had to start giving him formula and that was hard for me to do, I cried. |
| posted by Amber on 06/11/2007 03:53 PM
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| I am in the same situation with my 5 month old girl! It hurts so badly and the nipple seem to hurt more and more for me! A little relief (maybe just mentally) for me is the lanolin stuff made for application on nipples. I feel some relief from this! Best of luck to you (and me as well) We can get through this!!!! |
| posted by K on 06/11/2007 04:57 PM
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| I have a 9 month old son. He just got his first two teeth. I started teaching him "no biting" before he got teeth. If he bit down with his gums, I pulled him off and said firmly "no biting". With the teeth he has biten me twice. I immediately pulled him off said "no biting" really firmly. It startled him and he cried. I give it a couple minutes and then allow him to reattach and tell him no biting when I reattach him. He seems to get it. When he goes to bite on like my shoulder and I say no biting, he blows or licks me and I say thats fine, good boy. Praise the no biting. Good luck. I know it is very painful. Thankfully I think my son is getting it. |
| posted by Charlene on 06/11/2007 05:04 PM
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| Thanks so much for the helpful advice. She hasn't popped a tooth but I know (obviously) that she is teething and will soon!!! |
| posted by K on 06/11/2007 06:59 PM
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| My soon to be six month old bites with his gums as well. His tooth should cut through soon i'm thinking. Its good to hear you other ladies reinforce no biting. I guess i wasn't sure he would understand what he was doing.. Have you noticed your child is eating less(less amount of time) while teething? My son seems to be and I think its the pain/discomfort while nursing. Suggestions or expereinces on stopping feedings when he comes off or take breaks and continue to try? |
| posted by Lori on 06/11/2007 09:17 PM
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I know exactly how you feel ladies, I nursed until my son was one, he started biting when he was about 4 months old and quickly learned it was not okay, because instead of pulling him away because it hurt my doctor recommended pulling him in toward me. This way covered up his nostrils and he had to let go to breath. Once he let go I said firmly no biting and let him latch on again, if he bit me again I would repeat this and stop feeding him, of course feeding him a little sooner for the next feeding so as to not disrupt the rythm of nourishment. As I recall this method quickly solved the problem and he stopped biting me within about two weeks, because he began to associate biting with not getting to eat and he loved to eat (still does). I wish you all the best of luck and hopefully those limit chompers stop causing you all pain soon.
Nicole |
| posted by on 06/11/2007 10:51 PM
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