Hello!

My little girl has both her 2 bottom and top teeth and has recently started biting while breast feeding. Does anyone have any tips to get her to stop? It hurts :(

Posted by Tegan 6.2.2013


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  • Ouch! Yes many times. With my first 3 it only happened a few times as my reaction scared them. But it happened quite a lot with my last.


  • Yikes!! Yes, my son did it a couple of times, but the last time he did it, he drew blood. I shot through the roof and yelped like a dog. lol I scared my son, and he never did it again. Nipple Sheilds help atreat for this.


  • You might find some helpful tips here
    https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/biting/


  • Not sure how to stop it. That was the main reason I weaned my second baby at about 8 months. He was biting so hard he drew blood!


  • My milk usually dries up prior to them getting teeth. But the day I stopped feeding my son was the day he clamped down, twisted then yanked his head back! I made him release and went straight to a bottle.
    Maybe get her to release and then wait say 5 mins before allowing her to latch again? It might take a while but she may get the message about not biting! Or try teething gel shortly before feeding so her gums aren’t bothering her?


  • O yes i experienced and it was terrible


  • Use a nipple shield for protection


  • Ugh yes!! I used a nipple shield it helped but doesn’t stop them


  • A friend of mine was very fortunate that she was able to breastfeed her babies till they were two years old and had no problems like biting . However my sister in law has problems with her daughter and I think once teeth starts it might be time to slowly wean them off .Perhaps ask your childhood nurse .


  • Really very interesting comments on this!


  • oh yeah it hurts.. I remember this time….


  • I had a biter it was very painful


  • I said no and stopped feeding. I got chomped a few times and daughter thought it was funny, I weaned her after that (she was 13mths)


  • Take her off straight away and say no, it gets worse when the top ones come through


  • nope. mine has just started and pulling. ouch! normally a sign he isn’t that hungry! or I might have poor supply
    ?


  • Make sure you don’t yell or scream although it hurts because they might think its w game!


  • curious if you are still feeding and if you got them to stop


  • I hope this resolved for you!


  • Both of my kids did this whilst teething – it HURTS! The only thing that worked for me was stopping the feed when it happened and then putting them down for a few seconds. They soon learnt that biting equalled no milk and no interaction and stopped (mostly). It felt like it took ages for them to stop, but it was probably only a week or two.


  • I agree with swapping to a bottle :D


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