Biting while nursing

HELP! My baby just got his first 4 teeth and he has been biting me EVERY nursing session. He bites so hard! I try not to react and stop nursing every time but he nurses to sleep and sometimes he just wants to use me as comfort and not eat. How the heck can I get him to stop? 😭
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I don't nurse but my daughter bites me. I either say "ow" really loud or inhale really loud like you do when something hurts. She usually stops immediately and doesn't do it again for awhile

Unlatch, put baby down and walk away for 30 seconds. Then come back and act like nothing happened. Basically give as little reaction as possible. If baby cries during the 30 seconds, ignore until 30 seconds is up, then hold baby while staying calm. It’s hard for babies to get the cause and effect the first time, so it might have to be repeated a lot. Don’t be yelling or some other big reaction. I’m not an expert but this is what I’ve read and done. My baby took a while to learn, and she’s still only like 90% good during teething.

My friend yelled in front of her baby (by accident from the pain) and he stopped latching cause he got scared of the boob

She said he refused to latch for a week, and to this day he still prefers bottle, and will refuse the boob sometimes

If your babe is as stubborn as mine, saying “ow” and unlatching and waiting before latching back didn’t work. I was told my a friend who has multiple kids to give a light pinch just under their booty. Not hard, just enough to catch attention.

My baby went through this phase when she got her first teeth and I tried several different things. What ended up working for me is keeping a teether on her rocking chair and before I nursed her, I would offer her the teeher. This way she got to chew and get that out first, and then once she stopped or dropped it then I would take my boob out to nurse her and that helped prevent a lot of bites. When she would bite me, I would firmly say “no” and pull my bra back up and then immediately give her the teether again. I would again wait for her to stop chewing on that and show me she was ready to nurse. I tried putting her in her crib and walking away but then it didn’t actually let her get the sensation of chewing out. So offering the teether before and during and saying no if she did, is what worked best. Eventually she learned and she rarely bites me now. I also try to make sure she’s not too worked up before nursing

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