I wish to nurse him for more months till he likes. But it is very hard and painful to nurse him. If I tell him not to do that he does more and more. what to do?
2006-10-19 09:29:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I had the same problem.
You need to firmly (with a strong, fairly loud voice), say, "NO!" when he tries to pull away, or when he bites you. You want it to be something that will startle him - that is a feeling that he won't like, and if he can associate not liking the feeling with the action, he will learn to stop doing it. Just telling him not to do it in your regular, nicey-nicey baby voice will not do the trick.
This is just the beginning of you teaching him what is not okay.
If he doesn't change his behavior right away, you will need to stop nursing. At 10 months, he should already be starting on other foods, so he shouldn't be missing any nutrition.
2006-10-19 09:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not physically possible for a baby that's latched on properly to bite while latched... So, I'm wondering... is it a split second that she unlatches and than clamps down and bites? My first thought that comes to mind is if you're being injured to the point of infection and she's feeling bad and afraid to nurse, I want to say it's time to wean. I'm conflicted though, as I'm sure you are... Maybe a nipple shield?? I doubt that would stop the teeth from getting through, but it might work so if she bites you, the shield will come off in her mouth and give you a split second to stop the bite. *where are the trolls? Did I miss the troll party? LOL*
2016-03-28 01:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom said that I tried to bite when I was your sons age and that she would flick my cheek while looking at me and say "Ouch that Hurts" very firmly with her voice raised. She says the first time she did it it scared me and I cried a little. She said it only took her two days and I never did it again. When I started getting the rest of my teeth she just said that she would look at me if I stopped nursing and that the eye contact would get me back on track for eating because she would ask "are you done?". She/I stopped nursing when I was 15 months old.
2006-10-19 12:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by LizBeth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Unlatch him from the breast immediately and say "Ouch" or "Biting hurts mama" or something like that. Try not to get too angry or make a HUGE deal of it. You'll need to keep your finger very close to his face so that you can unlatch quickly when he starts to bite.
2. When you nurse, have at the ready something he CAN bite as soon as you take the nipple away. You want something cold and perhaps hard (a piece of ice in a baby-safe feeder or a wet, frozen washcloth) so that he begins to learn that warm, soft nipples are not for biting, but cold, hard things are good for biting. He's probably teething and really does need to chew on something--you just need to teach him what he can and can't bite.
Good luck!
2006-10-19 17:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by LAmama 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had same problem since he was 7 months old, now he is 12 months old.
When he first realize he got teeth (same, 2 at the bottum), he was "trying" to bite me. Everytime he tried to so, I stopped nursing and told him " No, you hurt me" and gave him some timeout (time out from my breast). After couple times try, he stopped doing it. When he was 9 months old, he was teething badly, at that time, he bite me again. I did the same routine and he stopped also. I think it is just stages they go through.
May be you can try the trick, or, during this hard time, pump out your milk and give him in bottle.
2006-10-19 09:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by Yuko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try pulling him in close for a few seconds when he does that. Eventually he will connect biting with having a hard time breathing. I read that in the Baby Book by Dr. Sears It sounds mean but it might work.
I've never had to try it but give it a shot
2006-10-19 12:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by happymommy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to inturrupt the nursing. As soon as he bites you need to look directly in his eyes and say "OUCH!" very firmly with a hurt expression on your face. Then immediatly remove him from the breast. wait about 30 seconds then try it again. Keep going with that until he understands that biting = no food.
he will get it. My daughter did.
2006-10-19 09:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by lil_love1982 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
my wife went through this with our daughter
what she did was switch to useing a breast pump and bottle feeding until the teething stage past then went back to normal nursing...Part of that is real mothers milk is way better for a kid then the stuff that comes in a can the second part was we were young and mostly broke back then so it was cheaper!
2006-10-19 09:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by BigBadWolf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have told my baby no firmly and put him down on the floor. It took a few tries but he hasn't bitten me in a few weeks. It might help to say ouch that hurts mommy.
2006-10-19 09:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by Ally 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would just switch over to formula. When kids get their new teeth in they love to bite on animals, teething rings, bottles they get those urges and well I guess they like to try the new teeth out. If he starts randomly chewing on your arms or something else then you have a little something to contorl there. It is just what kids do.
2006-10-19 09:36:55 · answer #10 · answered by Hot Mom 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋