Baby biting - advice?

[sonti]

I know there are quite a few long term nursers here so I need some advice - my baby (turns 1 next week) is biting/clamping/yanking/pulling on my boob. I have tried the "mommy ouch!" for the bites but it is the yanking/pulling that is horrible. They are black/blue now and it hurts worse than as a newborn!

I'm seriously considering throwing in the towel even though he is so young, and I don't want to make night bottles. What do I do? My other kid was bottle-fed and I remember him chewing all teh bottle nipples to shreds around this age, I'm terriffied!!

[Alexe58]

dear god :| I cannot help you, but ...... ouchhhhh. I feel lucky compared to you ^^

[sonti]

haha thanks. I'm in QC too!

[Wyomann]

Forehead flicks
To young to understand anything other than that atm. Sounds mean, but it works.


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[Cara0915]

Ahhh it was so long ago now but I remember those days clearly.
My daughter bit me i think twice. The first time I jumped about a foot in the air. The second time I screamed and pinched her ear, nothing that would make her cry but she never did it again. The pulling though, I really don't have any advice on that. I stopped nursing at about a year, that was one of the reasons.
I was worried I'd have to possibly start bottles at night cuz that was the only time she was nursing at that point. I think it was more of a security/habit thing because she stopped waking up in the middle of the night after I totally weaned her.
I hope someone else has better advice for you

[Lonegirl]

I know there are quite a few long term nursers here so I need some advice - my baby (turns 1 next week) is biting/clamping/yanking/pulling on my boob. I have tried the "mommy ouch!" for the bites but it is the yanking/pulling that is horrible. They are black/blue now and it hurts worse than as a newborn!

I'm seriously considering throwing in the towel even though he is so young, and I don't want to make night bottles. What do I do? My other kid was bottle-fed and I remember him chewing all teh bottle nipples to shreds around this age, I'm terriffied!!

Make sure he has a proper latch. If he doesn't then he wont nurse properly and it will hurt...Nursing even with a newborn should not hurt. With a proper latch he can't bite. I nursed my son until he was 2.5y. His first teeth came in at only 3 months. He bit me badly once and I think my yelp in agony was enough to scare him. I found if he wasn't really hungry he was more likely to yank and pull so I would say enough is enough and stop nursing for a bit.