Pinching, biting and scratching HELP!

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Help! DD (14 months) is BF and whenever she is feeding she pinches, bites or scratches. She thinks it's funny. I've tried to tell her no and stop feeding her, but she still does it.

So, has anyone any advice on either how to stop her from hurting me (I now have bruises and scratches all over arms and chest) or how to get her to stop breastfeeding altogether?

My DD used to bite me when she was feeding.
I stopped her by 'chucking' her on the floor every time. The feed was unceremoniously stopped and she wasn't allowed to latch on again for a while. It continued for a while, but she soon got the message and stopped.
If you want to continue feeding her maybe you could try the same thing.

However, in your case it sounds like it could be a sign that your DD is ready to wean.
If you want to stop feeding her, you simply have to help her to realise that she no longer needs to feed.
You can do that by replacing feeds with other appropriate activities. If she's hungry give her food, if she's thirsty give her a drink, if she needs mummy time give her a cuddle, if she's bored play a game with her etc etc.
You can do that with the daytime feeds to start with and you'll soon find that she stops asking to feed so much. It will then be easy to cut out the morning and bedtime feeds too if that's what you'd like to do.

Thank you so much for your advice, I think you might be right in that she's ready to wean. I'll see how we get on!

Thanks :)