Biting, where to draw the line 9 month old

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My 9 months old DS is teething (2 up and 2 down) and he is biting everything including me and DH.
I don't have a problem with him biting my trousers (he hangs off them most of the day now as well), but sometimes he actually gets my leg or my DHs leg. DS has also started to bite my arms so I'm now sporting colourful bruises all over them.
Where do I draw the line? And how do I get him to stop. The No and put him down which worked (so far) on the nipples when he first got his teeth doesn't seem to work as DS clings on to me and won't let me put him straight down.

We use Boots teething powder and bonjela and I give him bits of apple to chew.
Any ideas anyone???

My ds had a tendency to bite our shoulders when we carried him. The ony way we could get the message through was the "no" and put him down. It's really hard, because he started to cling on as soon as we said no. This phase didn't last for very long though.

Is the boots teething powder the same as ashton and parsons? found that really useful, and also try nurofen for children. It has an anti-inflammatory (sp?) which helps the painful gum swelling.

hth

Thank you for your reply, runnyhabbit.
It's not the same teething powder but I've tried both and DS preferrs the other one.
I haven't given him nurofen yet but might give it a go..

ds did that around that age. He grew out of it quite quickly, fortunately.

I used to put him down and say no, but tbh the best thing was to anticipate it and distract/move him before he could bite. It always happened when I was carrying him and after a bit I instinctively knew when it was coming.

My sister gives her ds, who is teething at the moment, pieces of dried fruit to chew on. She says it works really well as they're more 'chewy' than fresh fruit. I give my ds Baby Nurofen if he's going through a patch of teething.

Following on from HellyMnelly, my ds love to chew on dried mango - one piece lasts forever & it keeps him very quiet!

My ds went through the same biting thing at the same age. The putting him down thing worked for a while but, like yours, he'd just grin and crawl back to me. One day, I picked him up in the park and he bit me so hard that, without thinking, I squealed, put him down and turned away. He was so shocked by the noise I made, he looked at me and cried! I told him very firmly, 'no biting' as did a few other mums who were around (they said it nicely but I think the fact that they noticed and told him the same thing helped) then picked him up after a minute or so. He hasn't done it since. I'm not sure if it was just that he grew out of it or that other people told him not to bite mummy, but it definitely gets better! Hope your bruises go away soon!