nearly 8 month old daughter biting when feeding...

[ipanemagirl]

when dd wakes up in the morning she has a quick bf and then bites me and laughs at me! She thinks me being angry is funny! Then she doesn't bother to bf much until about now after she's had her breakfast.

I had exactly the same with one of mine, only on the morning feed though, is your dd biting at other times?

I stopped the morning feed and brought breakfast forward instead, he was the only one of mine who weaned himself. He'd lost interest altogether in bf by 1yo.

Hi, my DS used to bite me at this age. Sometimes i think he did it accidentally but other times he would look straight at me with what I swear was a look of spite and bite down! He drew blood a couple of times
I just took it to mean that he couldnt be that hungry/thirsty so would stop the feed and try again later.
Maybe if it's only happening first thing then drop that feed and save it for after breakfast?
Also, i tried never to show him that i had reacted, as i didnt want him to think it was a funny game.
HTH

Hi,

No ideas how to stop a biter, I'm afraid (wish I did!), but, if it's any reassurance, both my children have gone through stages of nipping which have stopped pretty quickly. Their biting seems to coincide with teething in my experience (or me being pregnant, when I'm sure a change in milk taste/supply has confused them and made them more inclined to bite).

I have also found they have periods where they're much more interested in nursing than others.

Also - again, no help whatsoever, sorry! - mine have always laughed when biting me, too. You often hear advice to immediately take them off the breast - as if you need prompting! - and firmly tell them "no!". Never worked for me!

I'm sure she'll stop soon!......

.....I mean she'll stop nipping soon, incidently, not breastfeeding!!

I meant to add this:
Any advice from someone who's stopped a biter?

I had some dreadful bites from my DD, one or two drew blood and they were very sore. Some of the biting seemed to coincide with her teething. Like the other posters, she just stopped biting after a time. Then it was absolutely fine although she had a mouthful of teeth .
I think you may just have to wait for the phase to pass, sorry I can't be more help.

thanks to all bitees, reading these I think it's always when she's had enough or isn't hungry and she definitely does it on purpose and thinks it's funny, I always react because I jump as it really hurts. I'm loathe to get really cross in case it puts her off bfing.
It seems odd not to want a feed first thing but she really doesn't seem to be thirsty til after breakfast, weird.