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Breastfeeding and teeth..!

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Seablueeyes · 14/12/2019 23:32

My 7 month old son has grown his two bottom teeth.
I’m breastfeeding but he has bitten a couple of times, breaking the skin. It’s so painful, like the first weeks of breastfeeding before my nipples ‘hardened up’.
I’m applying lansinoh liberally and have skipped a feed today (gave him an expressed bottle from freezer store) to give my right nipple a break.
However, if he continues to bite, I’m going to have to stop breastfeeding due to the pain, which would be a real shame at this point- I had planned to reach 1 year once I’d establish breastfeeding and knew it worked for us.

Any advice on the biting please?!

Obviously I know he’s only 7 months and not trying to hurt me or misbehave- he’s just trying to relieve his teething pain but inflicting it on me!

Thank you.

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SingingSands · 14/12/2019 23:35

Ouch! It's annoying when this happens!

Best advice I received (and followed) was this: when baby bites, don't go to pull them off - which might be your first instinct - as they might still be attached! Instead, press them INTO your breast, effectively squashing their noses against you. They will gasp and let go!

It takes a few tries to get this right and for them to get the message, but it worked for me. Good luck!

UniversalTruth · 14/12/2019 23:39

My DS got bottom teeth at 5 months and top teeth at 7 months. He was biting me at every feed and really hurting me despite all tricks on Dr Google, so I phased breastfeeding out. Just want to say that it's an option.

Asiama · 14/12/2019 23:43

I had the same at around 7 months. Each time I took him off and said "NO!" He's 1 now and has a lot more teeth and rarely bites me, so he did learn.

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mindutopia · 15/12/2019 11:10

It’s a phase. A firm ‘no!!’ and unlatch him. Mine did it a handful of times around 7 months and then never again. I breastfed him to 15 months.

8MinutesToSunrise · 15/12/2019 11:15

With mine I tried treating any teething pain before feeding, with granules or gel. And the when he did bite, a firm no, and putting the boobs away for a minute. It was a short lived phase. Hope your nipples heal soon.

firstimemamma · 15/12/2019 11:20

Have u tried national breastfeeding helpline (google the number)? They've helped me lots of times, good luck.

user1468348545 · 15/12/2019 13:07

Agreeing with advice above about taking off and putting away for a couple of minutes. My 10 month old now very rarely bites and normally does it now if she thinks shes playing xx

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Seablueeyes · 16/12/2019 00:12

Thank you everyone for replying. I’ll take him off whenever he does it in the future so hopefully he associates biting with no boob! I like the idea of trying teething gel before a feed too.

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