just been bitten by 8 mo dd

[ja9]

and now my nipple is bleeding. it's agony. and she won't feed from it now so do i just leave it as a one boob feed?

i never had a bite but i would say once you've stopped bleeding and its not as painfull for you then stick to just the one to feed off but express whatever you can off the other (bitten nipple) between feeds until you can stand her to feed from it and she will take it!!

thank you!

i've just tried expressing from bitten boob. looks like strawberry milkshake [barf emoticon]

My ds bit me on and off whilst he was teething from about 10 - 12 months. I stopped for a couple of days just after his first birthday when he bit and drew blood. But my boobs got so full i carried on feeding him am amd pm, and "touch wood" no biting since then (he is 16 mths now)

mistysmum i'm keeping my fingers crossed that this was a one-off ... it's still agony today. i'm hoping to feed dd for a good while longer, but will have to rethink if this becomes a regular occurrence.

Ds bit me, although not hard enough to draw blood - but he soon learned that if he did this I screamed (and make it obvious (OK, make it obvious if you're in the private of your own home )) and stopped feeding immediately - and wouldn't offer any more for at least 1hr - bites soon stopped!

thanks mistlethrush. good tip. i did a big scream (completely involunarily actually) and that made dd cry, so hopefully she got the msg. However, at that point 3yo ds piped in 'you frightened her , don't frighten her'. um, excuse me but i'm the one with blood dripping here!

if happens again will refrain from feeding her for a while as punishment.

It did work for ds - and they need to learn that its not acceptable and that what they want will be withdrawn if that happens. Ds was bad enough, but it didn't get to the bleeding stage, so lots of sympathy! Tell ds that dd hurt you and that's why you screamed - and that dd needs to learn that she can't do that - I am sure that your ds knows that he can't hit you etc without you remonstrating - if you explain in this straightforward way, perhaps he'll understand a bit better?

Ow. Sympathy Ja. My ds bit me a few times - I yelled involuntarily too, and detatched him straight away. I plonked him on the floor for a couple of minutes and he soon got the message.

I don't think you need to keep him off for a whole hour - unless he's a very patient being. That is ages and ages in an 8mo's life!