To ask what to do with a biting baby?

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Any tips from anyone on how to discourage a seven month old baby from biting me whilst breastfeeding? He does it quite a bit when teething, it is very painful and I'm starting to think about quitting breastfeeding which would be very sad as I'd like to continue until 2.

Remove and stop feeding immediately. Don't feed again for a period. They will soon understand biting means no milk

I used to squeal really loudly and stop the feed. He soon learned!

When mine did this (2 DC) I would unlatch/take them off; say No & place them on the floor (obviously only if this safe to do so - maybe not if you're out & about!).
They quickly learnt that biting lead to no milk & stopped. But with anything like this you need to be consistent.

Finger in the mouth to break the latch then put them down? Try not to pull them off whilst they’re biting as that is extraordinarily painful as well.

Solidarity though, it is excruciating I remember it well.

Cuddle them tight towards you so that their nose is blocked by your breast. They unlatch fast, because they can’t breathe.

Then let them learn that if they bite the milk goes away (for a few minutes).

It's not happened to me yet but I've heard from friends that inadvertently screaming in pain for a split second meant their babies never did it again!

Thanks all for your advice- unfortunately my son is a persistent biter despite removing him from the milk and saying no/putting him on the floor/unlatching him and having a few mins break/screaming in pain. Those techniques worked with my daughter who bit a couple of times and never again, but this one is priving more tricky. He bites at least twice a day at the moment (I posted following a particularly nasty one where I had a glass of water in my free hand so couldn't swiftly unlatch him 😭). Perhaps I just need to keep at the same techniques and gope he's just a slow learner!

I found my sun was biting me when he was teething. How about some pain relief on his gums shortly before a feed?