9m old biting - ow!

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DD 9m is the proud owner of 8 teeth now, most of which seem to have sprung up overnight.....

Over the last few days when she's being breastfed she's started digging in her two top and two bottom teeth most of the time.

I've said no to her, taken her off several times when she bites, but when I put her back on she does it again. Any tips? Happy to be firm but she just looks confused. Don't think she gets why I'm saying no..........

DS was the same and I'm afraid after a few weeks of what I came to see as "Russian Roulette" whilst feeding him, I weaned him onto bottles. I didn't want to as I wanted to keep bfing til he was 1 and I find the bottles a bit of a faff, so it's not ideal.

You're meant to take them off as soon as they bite, then they learn that it interrupts feeding so they don't do it any more, but it didn't work with DS. To be honest I think he just became bored of milk - he's so good with his solids now. He's down to a bottle first and last thing, otherwise he gets everything else from his food.

How is she getting on with solids - she must now be pretty good with her finger foods with all those teeth? It might therefore be confusing for her, ie, which food she is "meant" to bite and which she's not? xx

No useful advice but wanted to sympathize - ouch! Mine would bite more with her back teeth than her front ones. The biting episodes seemed to happen around the time each tooth/set of teeth came in, and after a few days/a week she would go back to feeding normally. Until the next new ones popped up.

Maybe just keep up what you are doing and hope she gets used to the feeling of all those new teeth in her mouth, and stops experimenting with them while she is bfing? Good luck!

I can tell when DDs teeth have come in further or she has new ones as I can feel them rubbing for a wee while. Generally this eases as she gets used to them and we're back to normal very soon (must be a bit like I felt getting a brace as a kid) so I'd wait and see if it eases in the next few days.No harm in checking your latch, though.

But if DD's actually biting, I take her off straight away and put her on the floor and 'ignore' her for a few minutes (it seems like an age though!) or put her through in her cot if we're feeding in bed.

Brutal,yes but I've never had to do it more than the odd time. Generally, she only bites when she's in pain teething so I use it as a signal to get the bonjela out.