Help! How to stop 6mth old from biting?????

[damewashalot]

Ds3 will be 6mths old in a week and a few days ago got his first tooth. I am bfeeding and he has given me a few little nips over the last few days but has just bitten me really hard and I had trouble making him let go Needless to say ouch! it really hurt.
Any ideas on how to discourage him from biting me? My other 2 were bigger when they got teeth so I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do, 6mths being to young for saying no and him understanding.
He didn't quite make me bleed this time but you know how sharp their teeth are. I want to keep feeding, so help! Please

No advice - no teeth yet, but wanted to bump.

No direct experience thankfully, but I think the method of removing him from your breastwhen he bites, has had success. Not sure how to make him let go though. Hope someone with more helpful advice will be along soon.

I had this with DS -I said 'No' and took him off I used to get him off by slipping my little finger into the corner of his mouth at the back (like getting a horse to open their mouth for the bit). He stopped fairly quickly, though not as quickly as I'd have liked and by the end was stopping when I said 'No'. HV told me they couldn't bite until they had top and bottom teeth! (Hollow laughter)

yes, taking off and even stopping feed entirely worked for me. also, i found it doesn't last long, sadly did recur with every new tooth. i don't think he was even doing it on purpose most of the time, just not used to having teeth. bloody hurts though doesn't it.

Well I'm not looking forward to top teeth if that wasn't biting!
So if I carry on taking him off each time he should learn then? that would be good, need to prove MIL wrong as she has already said I'll have to stop how he has a tooth, not telling her about the biting
Thanks

Hi

My 6.5 month old DD bit me a lot when her bottom two teeth came through (she got them at 4 months!). I yelped each time, then said no and took her off. I couldn't help the yelping but I did mean the "no".

She stopped doing it after about 5 or 6 bites.

Lucy

oh, just remembered, he usually only bit at the end of the feed, teeth are covered by bottom lip during actual sucking. so if you pay close attention you can whip him off just before he does it.

oh, just remembered, he usually only bit at the end of the feed, teeth are covered by bottom lip during actual sucking. so if you pay close attention you can whip him off just before he does it.

Thanks he did it again and I yelled, not at him in a " aaaaaaah!" kind of way as I was falling asleep and it took me by surprise, he let go and looked at me so hoping that he will learn it's not on quickly.

going thro this at the mo with my 5.5m/o . not sure on a way to "stop " it yet. am trying stopping the feed and saying no UNLESS its at the start of the feed and Im sure its accidental. I don;t think he knows how long his teeth are, they keep growing afterall. Have also tried changing position so he doesn't rebite bruised parts of nips. there a variation on teh rugby ball hold, that has baby sitting next to you facing your shoulder.

I tried different positions (football hold, DD sitting up) and that seemed to work. Been bitten about 5 times in 13 months - awful at the time but you get over it. Get some Lansinoh for your nips if you don't already have some.

I can deal with it if it's only every now and then but as I would like to keep feeding for another 6mths or so I can't cope with the thought of it every day for that long. It's good to know that there are ways of dealing with it, thanks