Ouchieeeeeeeees!!

[Freya]

Well today I noticed Kaid is cutting his first tooth you can feel it kinda feels like a piece of glass or something...

Anyways he is biting me.:( And it is really REALLY painful he thinks it is hilarious!:rolleyes:

Is there anything I can do to stop it?

[V8]

Awww, his first tooth, little man is growing up.

With the biting i think from memory DS only did it a few times, geez it hurts, i normally just take him off the breat for a bit and put him back on. I think there are other ways to try and get him to chew on other things other than your boobies, by either giving him a teething ring or something like that, or some natural teething gels, so it's a bit out of his system before he feeds.

[the_queen]

Biting while breastfeeding is like drinking water through a straw. If you're drinking water through a straw, and you're thirsty, you'll just drink. But if you're not really that thirsty, but the straw is still in your mouth, then you'll kind play with it and nibble on it. Also if you've never used a straw before, you might test your teeth out on it and see how it all works. (Remember as a kid, biting the straw and trying to suck, and working out that it didn't work that way :laughing:)

My point is: He's testing out a new toofy, and if the biting goes on and on, then he's not hungry anymore. So, when he tells you he wants a feed, try to hang on for 5 minutes or so, so that when you put him on, he is really hanging out for milk. And as soon as he starts biting, take him off and sit him up to sing a song or something. Some people will say "no, that hurts mummy" or something similar. After a while if he seems hungry again, try putting him on and see if he will drink properly. If not, no big deal, just take him off and do other things with him.

If he clamps down and won't let go, one option is to lean in such a way that your boob kinda blocks his nostrils (sounds awful :eek:) but he'll reflexively open his mouth to breathe, and you can remove the nipple.
Try having something on hand that he can chew on - a chilled flannel, or a teething ring, and when he bites, take him off the boob and let him have a mung on something else - it might get all his biting out of his system before he goes back on.

Most babies will test their teeth out, but it doesn't last forever. And as his mouth gets bigger, if you can really shove more of your nipple in, it doesn't hurt so much when he does bite. Curtis will leave teeth marks on me quite frequently - but they're not on my nipple, they're on the skin around the top of my aereola. The only time he hurts me anymore is when he's finished, but still comfort sucking, then comes half off and tries to talk to me before spitting out the rest of the nipple :eek: OUCH!!

:hugs: You'll be alright, just know that this phase will pass.

[Oblena]

The_queen is right - as always. Just wanted to add that you will get through this, but there will be times when you may doubt what you are doing and find BFing really hard especially if there seems to be no end in sight. Just have faith in yourself and in the fact that the phase WILL pass.

It does pass, my bub is proof, I think I took longer to learn than she did ( to take the breast off her when she bit instead of yelping like a dog lol)

Have some lanisolh (sp) just in case he breaks the skin and don't let ppl tell you it's time to wean.

[Freya]

don't let ppl tell you it's time to wean.

I would never EVER let anyone tell me that LOL. And if they tried to it would not be a pretty sight!

Thanks for the advice ladies I will try just taking him off.

My bestfriend was just here and I told her and she goes oh so you are going to stop BF now? And I go hell no!! And she was shocked LOL!

[♥Heaven Sent♥]

Sasha went through this when he cut his first tooth,i was frustrated sore and didn't know what to do.The first time he done it i was in so much shock i yelped in pain and he cried too :( as he got scared.

He never really bit me unless he was teething.When ever he bites me now though i tell him no Sasha that hurts,no boobie until you stop biting.And then 5 minutes later we try again and it works.Well it has because we are still bf and he has about 10 teeth.

[Oscar's mum]

Apart from what everyone else has said try not to react the more you react (ie yelp etc) the more likely he is to continue testing his new tooth.

Just grit your teeth and slip your pinky into his mouth and unattach him. He will get the idea soon enough (or the novelty of the new tooth will wear off).