biting bf baby!!! help!!!!!

[LISAMJS]

Apart from not feeding very well for the last 3 nights and waking twice for the last 3 nights and being a general pain when i am trying to get him back to sleep ds is driving me mad.

The last few nights when I have fed him he has a feed for about 2-3 mins then bites me. I say no and take him off then he goes to sleep.

What reasons do babies bite? I cant see any teeth. Is it usually a teething issue? Advice appreciated. x

 

[LISAMJS]

oh btw if I say no and put him in his cot he laughs and does not seem bothered.

 

[Charlie:-)]

Maia goes through stages of doing this, luckily she has no teeth either.

Biting can be caused by a number of reasons, teething being one of them. I have come to recognise however that Maia does this because she is telling me she has come to the end of her feed. I can usually tell when she's going to do it too so I tend to be able to stop her before she clamps down hard.

There are a few ways you can deal with it too. Take baby off and dont let them back on for a few minutes or so (when I do this she just laughs at me). Alternately pull baby in close to you so your boob covers her nose and her natural reaction is to let go. I seem to have more success with this option and I also say NO to her but again she just laughs!

Siome info here on Kelly Mom http://www.kellymom.com

Good luck hope you find somethig that works for you.