Breastfeeding With Teeth ?

ouch i can only immagtion... i think i'd wean her before it gets unbearable... i kno someone whose daugher bit her nipple, she had to get stiches and breast feed till she healed or something would have happend to her nipple

I went to a La Leche League meeting (which was a nightmare, but that could definetely be another post) and the women there (boob nazi's) said that it is physically impossible for a baby to bite your nipple while she is actually feeding. According to them she can get you on the latch and after she's done, so when you know she's finishing up, get her off there.

My sister stopped when her boys got teeth, because they would bite and then laugh when she flinched.

I'm not sure what these women do that nurse until a kid is 5? They must have nipples of steel.

Not sure if .I'll be much help or not. Noah is still nursing 2-3 times per day. His top two teeth just poked through this week and he has had his bottom two for about 2 months or a little less then that. I haven't been able to tell a difference at all with him having teeth except for the very few times he has bit down...if she was biting you, you would definitely know it. It hurts! She may just be brushing her teeth against you by mistake. Are you pumping at all now? I didn't pump at all until .Noah started on cereal. Now .I just pump enough for his cereal for the day. (I pump as soon as .I get up). When .I started pumping, .I got sore from that.

This probably wasn't too much help...just giving you my experience. If she does bite you, .I was told you should scream loud enough to startle the baby, however .I really don't agree with that. I just said .No in a fairly loud and stern voice and that worked for him.

Ouch that sounds so bad! My mum always goes on about breastfeeding me for nine months.. & apparently the second time I bit her that was the end of it. Apparently I giggled evilly when I did it too. Muahaha.

I think if it gets worse it's time to get her onto the bottle.. Good on you for not giving up straight away though!

Steph: she bit me once when she was done, and it felt like lightning! Holy...! .I let out a yell! Not on purpose to scare her of course, but it startled me and it incredibly' hurt! She popped off my boob with a look and I apologized to her, but I didn't put her back on! I was like "okay enough boobs for you"

*sigh* they're so sore... maybe it's time to break out the lansinoh again?

Ouch!
Well, maybe it would be best to start weaning her onto a bottle soon before it does get unbearable. Because it may take her awhile to take to a bottle, so maybe it's easier to it before it becomes a bigger owie? Just my opinion.

ouch!

She still nurses on demand, probably 4 or 5 times during the day. She nurses off and on at night too. We also give her rice & oatmeal cereal mixed with stage 2 fruits, we're trying other stage 2 foods (like mac & cheese, although it looks and smells like vomit) and table foods.

I don't pump. It takes me a ridiculous amount of time to get anything out. My boobs are pump-shy so I just make her cereal with water.

Thanks .Mandi! I'll keep that in mind. We have a few bottles purchased before she was born, and an unopened can of formula that I kept "just in case".

if shes made it this far with the boob y would she need a bottle? they make sippys for 6mo+ if it were me i would start to wean her to a cup not a bottle because most docs say babies should be off a bottle by 1 and thats only 2 months away for her, you wouldnt want to have to wean her again so quickly it could confuse her.

it reminds me of this girl whos pics i took for her 4th bday and she was walking around with a bottle and i was like o i think she took that from that baby and the mom goes no thats hers

o and my aunt lily breastfeed one kid til 3 and as far as i know is still breatfeeding the one who is about to turn 3

I remember when the boys use to bite and pull OUCH!!!!!!

You are one brave soul Laura

Thanks .Dani. We have a couple of sippy cups, but .Alyvia still doesn't really know how to use them. She'll play with them and throw them on the floor, or she'll chew on the spout rather than suck on it. We literally have to take the little no-drip plug out and tip some water into her mouth for her to get anything. She really won't suck on it. I'm not sure if it's because she didn't have practice with bottles or what. I'm going to keep trying with her, though.

Michelle: haha thanks! I'm hoping it's just a temporary thing.

I don't know what type of sippy cups you have, but there are some out there called nuby. They have a soft spout on them. Those might be easier for her to get used to at first. When we were trying to wean my stepdaughter off of the bottle, she hated the hard spouted sippies, so we got her a few of the nuby's. They worked for a while...until she started chewing the spouts off of them; then she went to the hard spouted ones just fine.

ahh it makes me so mad to see kids over 14 months with a bottle (and i say 14 months cause that gives you 2 extra months to wean even after what your suppose to)
I just think of their poor teeth! It just ruins them..

ya shes right nubys are really good those are liams favorites and they are cheap at walmart.

you know what really gets me? kids over 2 with pacis! especially ones that talk fluently and talk thru it

finn loves the nuby cups too!