in September 2024 Babies 🇬🇧

Help my baby keeps biting me!

I ebf and my LO keeps biting me during nursing and it HURTS! I understand he’s teething atm but seriously ouch. I tell him off and say “No biting” or “Ow” naturally and he still continues to do it every feed. I want to throw in the towel so badly but I also don’t at the same time 😭 I’ve offered him teething toys before feeds and I’ve introduced breast milk from the bottle which he will drink occasionally (I even bought a pump for this reason) but he still cries for the boobie 😩 He bit me so hard before I actually cried and had to walk out of the room because it was too much. I guess I’m looking for advice and solidarity and if any mamas are going through this what did you do? 😭

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My son has very lightly bitten me recently and I’ve taken him off. Twice I’ve jumped and made him cry and he’s not done it since thank god. No advice besides what you’re already doing I just hope it stops soon for you! X

My little girl was doing it for ages but thankfully now she’s got her top teeth in she’s stopped. I just used to put my finger in and delatch her and let her chew my finger for a while. When she started sucking again I’d pop my boob back in after a while I learnt when she was about to bite and could get my finger in in time before my boob got it

My little girl is biting also. I just take her off. I've read its best to try not to react (even though it's hard not to) as they might bite as they like the reaction. I also give her teething powder sometimes before a feed. Nipple cream helps them

My boy just got his first tooth and bit me so hard he drew blood do definitely solidarity there. I now just take him off when he bites and say no biting mommy. And he's not done it in a few days

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