My 6 month old daughter likes to chomp down on my nipple towards the end of nursing sessions on each side. It's not when she is completely done, because as soon as I pull it out of her mouth (in pain!) she still wants more. I generally switch sides when she bites assuming the milk isn't coming out as fast as she wants it (but I know supply isn't the issue). I don't want to end the nursing relationship, and I don't want to start giving her a bottle when she bites. For about 2 weeks now I have been firmly saying "no bite" when I remove my breast from her mouth - with no improvement. Any tips from similar experiences??? Thank you in advance for your responses!
One suggestion I've gotten is to unlatch as soon as she 'bites' and put her down completely. Do this each time, and say no bite. Do not let her start nursing again for at least 30 seconds -- long enough to make the point that biting is the end of nursing and cuddling. This should stop it.
I must third the previous two answers. My daughter did this, and I would stop nursing as soon as she bit. Usually I had to step away for a second so I wouldn't scream!!! But she caught on very quickly that if she bit me, it was over. I wouldn't nurse her again for another 20 minutes or so.
The previous post has the answer on target. When she bites, you remove her, tell her "no biting" and then put her down and stop nursing. She will learn very quickly that biting means no more milk and she should stop the biting. It may take a day or two, but she'll catch on pretty quickly.
when a baby chomps down the first reaction is to pull away b/c it's painful. do the opposite to get them to let go. push their face into your breast for just a second. they can't breath with their nose in your breast and your nipple their mouth so they let go immediately. don't hold them there...just for a second. if you pull away, they bite harder. this worked like a charm with my daughter. she only tried to bite 2 or 3 times. i did this and when she let go, i told her firmly "NO". she got it pretty quickly. if you pay attention you can feel their tongue move out of the way when they are about to bite and you can stop it before it starts by quickly pulling them away.
good luck.
There are pros and cons to everything that we do, and unfortunately this is one of the cons to breastfeeding. My son used to do the same thing. And when I would say, "no bite!", he would laugh! Imagine my reaction when my perfect little boy would chomp on my nipple and then laugh! Thank goodness he just outgrew it. I don't know necessarily that this is anything you can do to keep this from happening. I think what you're doing is right. Just keep with it - this too shall pass. Good luck!
Unfortunately this is something all breast feeding moms experience and babies just don't know better. I noticed my son would bite as he was finishing/finished on one side. Not as much milk was coming, he had new teeth he was learning to use and since the nipple is already in his mouth...chomp! my son cried would i would take him off the breast but for our sake we need to hold strong and let them cry it out until they realize it's not acceptable. I was lucky my son didn't do it too much but when he did...OUCH!
I wasn't as able to hold in my reactions when my kids chomped on me. I would flick their cheek (not to hard, just hard enough to startle them and then say loudly NO!) Works the same as the putting down thing, only works faster!
