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Baby Biting

Anyone having issues with their baby biting? My baby has 4 teeth on top and two on bottom and has discovered biting. I think he's teething so we try to give him toys to distract him, but when I pick him up he bites me in the shoulder and when I yell he laughs. Now he's been biting while he's nursing. Usually I will yell owe and tell him no then set him down and stop the feed (he usually seems like he's done at that point anyway). I really wanted to breastfeed until a year but I'm tired of the biting.

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biting is unfortunately age appropriate until 3 😞

It's a normal thing i stopped breastfeeding at 4 months because I wanted to avoid this...u can always pump and feed from bottle. My daughter has 2 teeth up top and on bottom with 2 more coming in on bottom and 1 more up top she tries to bite everything and everyone we usually just scream a little and say ouch

My son bites so hard, it's hard not to slap the poor kid.

I found this resource useful for biting during feeds: https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/resources/biting-and-breastfeeding I was having the same issue with biting at the end of a feed, it’s annoying having to pay close attention but it does seem to work!

Thanks @Julia! That's actually super helpful

I got bit one time so hard I pushed my son away and yelled and he uncontrollably cried for a few minutes. I felt so bad!! It’s been a learning curve, but for the most part we’ve gotten over it. I think just as calmly as possible, give him a “break” from either you, nursing etc and he’ll hopefully learn that if he bites he doesn’t get what he wants. That’s what worked for us! Good luck!

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