Biting/clamping down when feeding

Is anyone else having issues with their baby clamping down on their nipples whilst feeding and yanking back? It is so painful and I’m so worried when those teeth come through I am going to have some serious damage! Really would like to breastfeed her for a year and I’ve loved the past 4 months but I really am starting to get scared😂

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My LG has started doing that recently 😭 First she would just bite down and I’ll unlatch myself but now she’s been pulling on my nipples while biting down on it. Hurts like mad and she has the audacity to smile at me after😂

I am so worried about this too!

My girl is doing this too! And now she has 2 little teeth on the bottom so she’s made me bleed twice now 😭 refuses to take a bottle. My poor nips 😖

Mine started doing this around 4 months but has eased off, only doing it once and a while. She sometimes has a bottle so I thought maybe she was treating my nipple like a teat.

Mine does this too, such a pain!! She seems to get really fussy and distracted on the boob!

Omg my son loves doing this, then he just stares at me while I try to hold in my screams of pain lol

Yes my son has just started doing this 😭 good job he's cute 😂

I’ve heard if you scream once they might not do it again? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Omg my son does this. It's very painful.
I'm unsure of the reason...

My nearly 5 month old has been doing this in the past few weeks too. It's like it's a new skill that they've learnt and want to test out!

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