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My Little Bug is now 8 months old, and has been happily breast feeding
since she was born. In the last couple of days, she has started biting instead of feeding. Does any one have any suggestions on how to stop her doing this? I really don't want to stop feeding her myself. Xahne. |
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Xahne "xahne at btinternet dot com" wrote: My Little Bug is now 8 months old, and has been happily breast feeding since she was born. In the last couple of days, she has started biting instead of feeding. Does any one have any suggestions on how to stop her doing this? I really don't want to stop feeding her myself. I found yelling "Youch!!!" worked, because it was an immediate response and it scared them -- but some children have been known to find Mum's yells entertaining. Another trick is to pull the baby in towards the breast, so they have to let go to breathe. Other people have taken the child off with a stern "No!" and not let them back on for a while. If the change has been sudden, I'd suspect a tooth is on its way. Some kids bite at the end of a feed as they fall asleep, and prevention (getting her off earlier) is probably the best response to that. Good luck in figuring it out! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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On Feb 19, 11:20 am, Xahne "xahne at btinternet dot com" wrote:
My Little Bug is now 8 months old, and has been happily breast feeding since she was born. In the last couple of days, she has started biting instead of feeding. Does any one have any suggestions on how to stop her doing this? I really don't want to stop feeding her myself. Xahne I can remember very well an absolutely horrific 48 hours when DD was that age, she had sharp teeth and bit with every feed. I got some good advice here, especially from Larry, but I don't remember all the details. (Sorry) The main helpful points were 1) yelling "ouch" and ending the feed after a bite. 2) making sure they were all the way latched on so they couldn't pull off to bite 3) It was generally a short lived phase and would be over in a few days. Good luck! JJ |
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