"I had to stop bf'ing 3 weeks ago as she's started teething........".......

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

said a woman to me at the GP's while we all sat around waiting for our DC to have their vaccinations. She then proceeded to tell me that her DD, who was 4 1/2 months, was weaned (haviing 1/2 jar of baby food a day) and that was why she was sleeping through the night.

Wasn't really sure what to say to her really. Although it struck me as quite sad that she would have like to continue BF'ing (she'd actually been mix-feeding) longer but was worried about being bitten (apparently her DD likes to "chomp" once she's finished fer feed and mid feed sometimes).

Although I guess it was a bit like closing the stable door after the horse had bolted I did managed to explain (I think) that having teeth doesn't mean you have to stop feeding them and that DS1 only bit me 2 times (he never did it again after I yanked him off doulbe quick whilst yelping ). Didn't know if I'd said that wrong thing telling her now that she didn't need to stop.

Also I really wanted to tell her that 1/2jar of food was not going to be helping her DD sleep through.....she would probably have done that anyhow. (I wouldn't have said anything about early weaning as I weaned both DS1 and 2 at 4 onths - and with DS2 I knew the guidelines ).

I think this must be the "power" of MN creeping over me as usually I'd just have kept my mouth shut.

[2Happy]

My dsis (not the one that MNs) announced she'd be swapping to formula as soon as her dd got teeth . I hope she changes her mind when the time comes, there's no guarantee her dd will be a biter, and as my 6m old still-toothless ds2 reminded me this morning, gums bloody hurt too, teeth don't always have to make a difference!!

All hail the empowering effects of MN though!

[fifi20]

My DD got 2 teeth at 3 months. 9 months now and 8 teeth later still BF. She bites quite often but I put up with it as back at work & like to BF. Plus when I went back to work when DD was 6 months she wouldnt take a bottle. Still doesnt!
Think BF is fab - so shame the lady has given up already.

[coppertop]

I always said that I'd stop bf'ing dd when she got teeth. In the end though I just carried on without really thinking about it.

[IntergalacticWalrus]

I brestfed DS1 until he was nearly 16 months and DS2 for 10 months, and only ever got bitten once.

[fifi20]

How did you prevent the biting - or were DS1 & 2 just kinder than my DD. She bites and then laughs!!!

[liath]

2Happy - I saw this thread title and immediately thought of dsis!! Hope she doesn't either .

[BlueberryPancake]

DS two started teething at two months (I know!!!) and has been bitting really hard. He's now 3.5 months with three teeth and I have had many mornings with blood in my bra from the bites, it's not nice let me tell you. I tried giving him a little slap on the bottom (just to startle him) or making a loud noise, and it's not working. Maybe he's just too young to figure it out??? anyway, he takes the bottle very well so that gives my boobies a break!

[bookthief]

I thought I'd stop when ds got teeth but he cut his first tooth at 12 weeks and it wasn't so bad. I got some good advice on here which reassured me that I wasn't going to get an amputated nipple (he'd already partially managed that in the first few weeks ) and some coping tips.

BlueBerryPancake, try pushing his face gently into your breast when he starts to bite. It really works for me. Ds has 8 teeth now and has given me a couple of v painful stealth-bites but it only seems to be when a tooth is just coming through and I'm pretty wise to it by now.

[harpsichordcarrier]

hey QoQ you are a member of the breastapo!

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

HC - I know - it's shocking hey (and even more shocking is that I've given not 1, but 2 of my children FF!!!)

[harpsichordcarrier]

I know QoQ
you can't resist the Force
just go with it

[suzi2]

That power of MN has been the cause of my tongue being well and truly bitten the last 6 months. One day I will explode...

[hunkermunker]

PMSL QoQ

[whomovedmychocolate]

Blueberrypancake - DD used to bite me when she first got teeth, I used to wrap her or hold her very tight so she couldn't move a bloody inch and so she couldn't pull away - a lot of the biting is about pulling away.

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

LOLOLOLOLOL...

Who says 'advertising/promotion' has no effect

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

aww - please don't laugh at me 'unker .......TBH it felt even wierder saying it as I pulled out the travel bottle warmer to see if DS3's milk was the right temp (it wasn't so I stuck him on the breast)

[worleyhurley]

is this good then- my ds2 hs only just got has first tooth at 13 months, only bf morning and nght now.
e has bit me once and i screamed o loud i made him jump, he didnt do it again!! touchwood so far, anyway

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

and even more worrying I keep having these fleeting thoughts about becoming a doula - even though I can't drive, and I doubt the money would be regular enough/enough for us

[VeniVidiVickiQV]

Marslady cant drive either and she's a doula, but at £1000 a go, i'm sure the cab fares work out to be a reasonable expense

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

really - she can't drive.......mind you she's been doing it for ages hasn't she - so she can "get away" ( you know what I mean) with charging that much......having said that I know there's not many in my area.......


ooo stop it - it ain't gonna happen so I'd better start thinking seriously about what I'll do when I go back to work in February LOL.

[3andnomore]

QOQ,. actually talked to a very local doula, and whilest still not great business, apparently business is picking up in this area...so, watch this space...

[3andnomore]

oh the fare of this duola would be £500 for the package, but as yest she has to complete her supervised Births so only charges £150 for those...

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

3 - I know there are a few dotted around - but not many - I ended up getting one from Watford (Herts)!.....and she got stuck in traffic on the M1 on the way to KGH - if my labour had been much quicker she'd have missed it .

Anyhow - I need to stop day dreaming and think seriously - can't go back to nights as the promotion that DH has been "advised" (by his 2 managers lol) to apply for would mean that I couldn't work nights anymore!!!

[MrsSpoon]

I fed DS2 until 16 months and he had a lot of teeth by then. He did bite me once and I gently pushed his head into my boob so he couldn't breath through his nose and had to open his mouth to breathe (sounds cruel but I read about this technique in a parenting book or magazine), said "no" firmly at the same time and biting never became a problem.

[3andnomore]

there are doulas in Northampton and cambridge, but this one is really near Corby...lol

but know about daydreaming....am looking for a job right now, and yesterdays evening telegraph had a fair few interesting omnes...but will still try to become an antenatal teacher with teh nct, and then see where \go with that...doula training still interst me, lol....and I have contcted a surestart doula programme, but they don't do it in the area...but they will inform me whenever it does come to this area, you would get doula training paid but do the doulaing voluntaryly...