Hi,
my DS is just over 10 months and has been biting me during feeds for about 4 weeks now. He's getting his top teeth so he is teething at the moment, which I know makes the situation worse, but I'm coming to the end of my tether!
I've read the threads on here and Kellymom with advice on how to stop it. When he bites I take him off and say "no that hurts!" and refuse to put him back on for at least a minute. I've also hugged him into me so he lets go, but he doesn't tend to hold on when he does it, just nips towards then end of a feed.
At the moment he has a long feed first thing in the morning, another before his morning nap, one mid afternoon and one early evening. He also "snacks" during the day when he just comes over and has a little blast so to speak. He drinks hardly any water (I'm also working on this) so BM is his main source of liquid. He's doing well with his solids so I don't think his milk needs dropping just yet. He has a FF at bedtime.
If we have a bad day now with biting I find I am tense during each feed, ready to put him off at a moments notice, it's horrible. Thankfully he generally sleeps through the night but a few nights ago when he needed settling (when generally he'd be offered the breast) I had to get DH to give him the bottle as I couldn't face being bitten again.
My DH (not very clued up) thinks this is natures way of telling me to stop. But I don;t want to, I really don;t. I want to feed for as long as I can as it is the most logical and healthy thing for him.
But I can't cope with getting bitten any longer, it's horrible. AND I upset him when I stop him feeding and say "no" firmly.
What do I do????????