Biting While Feeding
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Breastfeeding Biter!
Asked by R.F. from Evansville
on December 19, 2006
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I am desperate for advice on how to keep my son from biting during nursing sessions. He just got his first teeth about a month ago and has bitten me 3 times in that sp...
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- My 8 mo old has 4 teeth and is leaving marks on the top of my areola right now. The one thing I'm finding is to make sure her mouth is good and wide open before pu...
- The best thing to do is the firm no biting and ending the nursing session. Don't scream or anything like that because that will scare him and he may go on a nursing s...
- I lucked out with my son - nursed him until 18 months and he never bit me. My daughter is 17 months, still nursing, and bit me a few times when her first teeth came i...
Biting While Breastfeeding
Asked by A.L. from Albany
on October 25, 2009
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My 6 month old is getting a mouth full of teeth (3 and 3 more on the way) and he has begun biting me while nursing. When my older son did this I stopped nursing but h...
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- For me and my daughter the key was that every time she would bite, I would immediately stop nursing, set her in a safe place and walk out of the room for a few seconds...
- While I've heard boys are different (and will soon find out as the sec ond is a boy, but only 6 weeks old...), with my daughter, I sternly told her "No" and detached h...
- And be sure when you take him off the breast to not yank him off (even though your first thought may be to do this) - you can really damage yourself. When he starts t...
Breastfeeding and Biting
Asked by M.D. from Columbia
on May 8, 2009
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My precious 7 month old son recently got his 2 bottom teeth. On several occasions he has bitten me while nursing. Of course I would scream a little and he would thin...
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- When this happened with my daughter and I I would say "ouch that hurts Mommy!" in a firm voice, stop her from nursing and put her down for a minute and ignore her. Af...
- LOL-I only laugh cuz' i feel your pain. I stopped breast feeding my now 13 yr old at 7 mos cuz of thesame thing. See, I pumped as well since he started his life-on-ear...
- My sweet Phoebe, who is 10 months, does the same thing occasionally then has the nerve to look up and smile at me. I ALWAYS stop nursing at that point. I have also b...
Biting While Breastfeeding
Asked by E.D. from Los Angeles
on July 26, 2007
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I'm having trouble breastfeeding my 11 month old daughter. Every time she nurses, she bites down hard and rips away. She has two sharp teeth on the top and bottom, s...
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- Awesome advice from the other moms already.........and just wanted to give you a pat on the back for continuing. I have a 2.5 yr. old and a newborn and have actually ...
- One trick a friend of mine came up with was to cut off the topmost part of a baby bottle nipple, and stick it over her areola. Her daughter could still suckle and get ...
- E., I feel your pain. My 11 month old daughter now has 8 teeth and I still breast feed her. When she first started biting, my yelps startled her enough to get the poi...
Biting While Breastfeeding
Asked by J.H. from Hattiesburg
on May 20, 2008
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My 7 month old recently started biting when he begins to breastfeed. He made me bleed one night. My breasts are sore, but I do not want to stop breastfeeding yet. D...
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- Both of my boys bit me at abaout hte same age. It was such a painful surprise that I popped them on the mouth. It shocked us both. They never did it again. Of cour...
- When my son started doing this I just took him off and looked at him and said in a really firm voice, no biting. I would wait a minute and put him back on. I just rep...
- My scream of pain was usually shocking enough to my infants that they didn't repeat, but if they did, I ended the nursing session - set them down and walked away for a...
Biting While Breastfeeding
Asked by G.G. from Chicago
on December 31, 2008
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My 7 month old daughter is doing a lot of biting and pulling on my nipple while she is breastfeeding. It is very painful. I do work full-time and pump twice a day and ...
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- I had the same problem around the same age with my son. It seemed that he didn't realize he had teeth and that they hurt! I think he was just testing the new things ...
- G. you can also pull her in closer so she has to release the nipple and tell her that hurts mommy. I have nursed 5 kids and each has done it at some point. You can al...
- My daughter was the same way when she got the top teeth. I also don't think she realized it. But telling her no biting and finally realizing she was hurting me worke...
Biting & Breastfeeding
Asked by P.H. from Tulsa
on March 20, 2007
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my daughter is 6 months old and just now starting to teeth , what do i do about her biting me while she is nursing?
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- first of all i LOOOOOVE the name caydence! just absolutely love it. with biting, i lightly flick my son's cheek (just hard enough to startle him) and say "NO!" or "no ...
- You take her off the breast and say "No, you do not bite!" Then you put her back on the breast. When she does it again you do the same thing but you take you pinter fi...
- I feel your pain! I actually asked the same question on here 2 months ago. My son does the same thing when he's teething. I tried paying really close attention when he...
Bitten During Breastfeeding!
Asked by G.J. from Fort Collins
on September 8, 2008
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My 8 month old daughter bit me while I was breastfeeding her and it broke the skin. I can't nurse her on that side because it is so painful. Has this happened to any...
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- Get some comfrey ointment from the health food store and use it liberally on the nipple, and cover with a breast pad. It will heal up in no time. I did have that hap...
- Hurts don't it? My son did this to me a few times. I would treat it like a sore nipple just lanolin and if its too painful to nurse pump on that one side and nurse o...
- Use lanolin cream, use a breast pump on that side (very carefully) rather than breastfeeding from that side for a day or two. And let your nipple air-dry uncovered fo...
Nipple Pain from Biting Baby
Asked by S.T. from Denver
on July 14, 2011
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I have an almost 8-month old who has been biting while nursing - while I got some great advice from moms here on how to help stop it (and luckily he hasn't bitten me i...
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- I've been through so much trauma with my breasts and nursing and the best advice I can give is to stick it out. The pain will go away (eventually) and you'll be glad ...
- Probably don't need to call the dr. You most likely got a deep bruise when he bit you. It'll take a few days to heal so you can either keep nursing and take some Tylen...
- It's probably a hematoma (bruise) on the inside of the nipple from the bite. It can take a while to heal. Imagine hitting a soft part of your body hard, it can take a ...
Teether Biting the Nipple~!
Asked by M.J. from Seattle
on October 9, 2008
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So my almost 7 month old son has taken to biting my nipples at random during his feedings. His first two teeth came in simultaneously two and 1/2 weeks ago. Each time...
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- Both of my boys got teeth early (all four front teeth by about 5 mo), and both went through a phase of biting. I tried taking it away, tried the pulling closer "smothe...
- With my son I said a firm "No!" and then took the breast away and packed up the meal (so to speak). He cried as he didn't like being told No so firmly and he didn't l...
- My pediatrician told me to cry out as loud as I can OUCH. Loud and strong enough to scare your ds into crying. I did this one time and he never bit me again. It w...
