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Breast feeding and teeth

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Bexmathews · 16/12/2013 14:30

Help, my dd is 17 weeks today and we thought she was teething a couple of weeks ago but hv said it could still take months for teeth to come through. However this morning I have been bitten 4 times and I can see the top of the tooth coming through. It really really hurts, basically my question is do they stop biting!

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JingleJohnsJulie · 16/12/2013 14:43

Yes they do stop biting but sometimes it can take a bit of persuasion.

Kellymom has some good info in teeth and biting Xmas Smile

bevbennett100 · 16/12/2013 14:49

My baby got teeth at about 5 months and bit me really hard once. I said 'no' really sharply and he looked at me (I rarely spoke sharply to him so I think he noticed the tone), he then tried biting my finger softly, then harder so I said 'no' again. I think he was trying to figure out what the word meant. After that he didn't bite many times, but did still occasionally. I gave up breast feeding about a month later.

addictedtosugar · 16/12/2013 14:51

Yes, they stop biting.
And Kellymom, as link above, is THE source for possible solutions.

For me, if possible, don't react (yes, I know it hurts, DS1 drew blood), and unlatch baby for a few seconds so they start getting the message that biting = no milk.

I don't suggest half throwing baby across the bed then they bite hard (see above), although it does stop the biting, at also piles on the guilt!

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Bexmathews · 16/12/2013 16:08

Thanks for your comments, she is refusing to feed off me now, have just given her a bottle of expressed milk! She seemed fine with that. She is soooo cranky today!!

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JingleJohnsJulie · 16/12/2013 19:01

Try her with a teething gel like dentinox before you feed her too.

Have you checked her mouth to see if it is just teeth? Could she have thrush or a sore throat/ear infection?

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Bexmathews · 16/12/2013 19:04

Yeah you can see the tooth has just broken through. I will try gel. Am using calgel ATM but that doesn't seem to be helping. Poor little lady she is normally such a happy baby :(

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Icedfinger · 16/12/2013 19:35

Teething powders (sold in Boots) are much better than gels ime.

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Bexmathews · 18/12/2013 21:41

Thanks , we tried the powders, it seems now the tooth has poked through it has stopped bothering her. Got my happy hungry baby back. And only one little nip today , result xx

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