Diaper Swappers

riandkymommy · 04-25-2006, 11:47 AM

My almost 8 month old has started biting while she is nursing and it really hurts!! How can I discourage it? I have been taking her off everytime she bites so she sees it is not a good thing, but is there anything else?? My DS nursed until 13 months and never bit me, so this is all new to me and so not fun!!!

Any advice??

DEmomof2 · 04-25-2006, 12:17 PM

When DD got her first 2 teeth (about 3 weeks ago) she started biting right as she latched on. I said "no" firmly and then said "don't bite mommy". She's almost 8 months old. She did it maybe 6 or 8 times and then stopped. I'm not sure if she was just testing out her new teeth or what. Maybe your baby is just testing out new teeth too? I hope it stops soon!

I just noticed that our DDs have very close bdays.

itsmelanie · 04-25-2006, 01:40 PM

Oh wow, my Brendan is right in the middle of your DD's, he's 8/28!

He is biting a lot too, guess he figures that since he has four teeth he may as well use them. :-/ All I do is pull him in really close and he will let go. It stops him for a minute, but he's likely to just bite again as soon as I put him back on.

I wish I had some advice. There's another thread about this, I'll be watching both ...

May the biting pass SOON!

meemo96 · 04-25-2006, 02:40 PM

My dd has been biting a lot, too. i've said "NO" to her firmly, and she cries. After a while, it seems like she understood what she was doing is wrong. That doesn't mean that she doesn't bite anymore, but it has gotten better. I would love advice on this, too! Probably just keep saying no...I've also stopped nursing immediately after she bit, which made her mad, but it seems like it made her understand (the cause/effect thing...).

agyrlmom · 05-02-2006, 11:05 AM

When my little ones would try out there new teeth, I would push there face INTO my boob so they would let go on their own. They will let go as soon as they cant breath through thier nose. And you arent yanking your poor boob out of a strong jaw. It sounded really harsh when I first heard of this, but I didnt want to scare them by shouting and some babies will think your reaction is funny.

This really works well, also when they get older and start to dose off they would sometimes clench down, I would do this instead of startling them back awake.

04-25-2006, 11:47 AM	#1
riandkymommy Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shilo, MB, Canada Posts: 594 Ratings: 18 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	I have a biter!! How to stop it?? My almost 8 month old has started biting while she is nursing and it really hurts!! How can I discourage it? I have been taking her off everytime she bites so she sees it is not a good thing, but is there anything else?? My DS nursed until 13 months and never bit me, so this is all new to me and so not fun!!! Any advice?? __________________ Katie - Breastfeeding, CDing, co-sleeping, baby wearing, baby signing mommy to Riley (6/21/02) Kyla (8/30/05) Brenna (6/3/07) Tristan (6/11/09) Proud Wife to my Soldier Praying for him in Afghanistan Stay safe my love!

04-25-2006, 12:17 PM	#2
DEmomof2 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 462 Ratings: 100 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: I have a biter!! How to stop it?? When DD got her first 2 teeth (about 3 weeks ago) she started biting right as she latched on. I said "no" firmly and then said "don't bite mommy". She's almost 8 months old. She did it maybe 6 or 8 times and then stopped. I'm not sure if she was just testing out her new teeth or what. Maybe your baby is just testing out new teeth too? I hope it stops soon! I just noticed that our DDs have very close bdays. __________________ Jen CDing SAHM to my Prince (5/21/2003) and Princess (8/26/2005) Last edited by DEmomof2; 04-25-2006 at 12:18 PM.

04-25-2006, 01:40 PM	#3
itsmelanie Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 615 Ratings: 53 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: I have a biter!! How to stop it?? Oh wow, my Brendan is right in the middle of your DD's, he's 8/28! He is biting a lot too, guess he figures that since he has four teeth he may as well use them. :-/ All I do is pull him in really close and he will let go. It stops him for a minute, but he's likely to just bite again as soon as I put him back on. I wish I had some advice. There's another thread about this, I'll be watching both ... May the biting pass SOON!

04-25-2006, 02:40 PM	#4
meemo96 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 452 Ratings: 58 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: I have a biter!! How to stop it?? My dd has been biting a lot, too. i've said "NO" to her firmly, and she cries. After a while, it seems like she understood what she was doing is wrong. That doesn't mean that she doesn't bite anymore, but it has gotten better. I would love advice on this, too! Probably just keep saying no...I've also stopped nursing immediately after she bit, which made her mad, but it seems like it made her understand (the cause/effect thing...).

05-02-2006, 11:05 AM	#5
agyrlmom Registered Users Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 Ratings: 1 Feedback: 100%	Re: I have a biter!! How to stop it?? When my little ones would try out there new teeth, I would push there face INTO my boob so they would let go on their own. They will let go as soon as they cant breath through thier nose. And you arent yanking your poor boob out of a strong jaw. It sounded really harsh when I first heard of this, but I didnt want to scare them by shouting and some babies will think your reaction is funny. This really works well, also when they get older and start to dose off they would sometimes clench down, I would do this instead of startling them back awake.