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mysweetpeasWil&Wes |
Posted: Jul 6 2007, 12:04 PM
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Wesley just got his first three teeth. The top two and one on the bottom. I never got to nursing Wil with teeth, so I have no idea how to make sure he doesn't bite me. It felt like he was sorta rubbing his top tooth on my nip today...I couldn't tell for sure, but something felt sharp and sore. And when he came off, I looked and there was sorta a dark purple mark. I know the advice is to say "no biting" and they typically never do it again...but I'm not sure about Wesley. We are still nursing at least four times a day and I don't think just telling him "no" will work. What do I do about the teeth scraping? Its not unbareable, but I don't want him to get in the habit either.
-------------------- Rae SAHM to Wil (4) and Wesley (2) ~ Wife to Richard 10/20/01
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Sam & Abby's Mom |
Posted: Jul 6 2007, 07:44 PM
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Abby scraped a couple of times,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but not hard enough to leave a mark. I'm not sure how to prevent it. I do know when she'd bite me,,, I'd tell her NO BITE and then she'd laugh.
So, I'm down to 1 feeding a day due to the biting. Morning time was the only time she'd never bite, so I gradually eliminated the 'biting sessions' and now only feed her in the morning. I'm actually wanting to wean completely. She's almost 13 months. Hopefully others will have advice for you. Good luck ! -------------------- Peggy
Wife to Tim (Oct 1996) Mom to Sammy (Nov 2004), Abby (Jun 2006) |
amynicole21 |
Posted: Jul 7 2007, 04:58 AM
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Mmmm. Ice cream! Group: Moderators Posts: 11,773 Member No.: 69 Joined: 31-March 03 |
Nora was a real biter, but Sophia just did it once and never again.
Babies only bite when they are "playing" on the breast, not eating. I think I read that it is anatomically impossible for them to bite while actually nursing. The trick is to really pay attention to him when he is nursing, and when he is just dawdling or relaxing there, pop him off. The "no bite" thing never really worked for me You can put him down on the floor and give him the cold shoulder when he does it though, and sometimes that gets the point across. Also, if he is biting he may be teething again, so watch for that and make sure you give him some meds about 15 or 20 min before you think he may want to nurse. Good luck - I hope it doesn't become a habit! -------------------- The Administrators of the Parenting Club take violators of the Terms of Service Agreement seriously. Please report any suspicions to the Moderators. Report a violation using the "report" button in the upper right corner of the offending post. |
mysweetpeasWil&Wes |
Posted: Jul 8 2007, 05:25 AM
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Thanks ladies! Both of you had some great points. I never really thought that Wesley was just "playing" at the breast when he was scraping his teeth, but makes total sense now. Its usually our late morning feeding, so he's had his "meal" first thing in the morning and he just wants to suckle to go down for his morning nap. He just sorta sits there too, not really eating all that much. So maybe I'll try and eliminate that late morning session. I would like to be down to just early morning and night. My ped told me that a baby his age should not be nursing during the night... ...Wesley still gets up TWICE and I nurse him to go back to bed. Bad habit I suppose but I just don't know what else to do. Sorry totally different topic! I'm hoping that all of this waking up twice a night and biting will stop as soon as he stops teething.
-------------------- Rae SAHM to Wil (4) and Wesley (2) ~ Wife to Richard 10/20/01
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