Any Ideas to Stop Him from Biting Me?

I couldn't break my three-year-old when she was 6 months and her teeth came in so I pumped with a breast pump, and froze it and gave it to her in a bottle. My 8 month-old baby has always loved to nurse she came out know what to do, where as my older one had a harder time picking it up. She had started bitting me and I took it a way & told her no no bitting, she just giggled at me, but I would take it a way from her everytime. She seems to "get it" My older one would stop nursing look up at me then bit me, knowing she shouldn't do it. Naughty girl! Today is her b-day, she my rebel one!

I agree with the other two except the yelling thing, I think you should avoid yelling at your baby, and certainly not do something that might create a nursing strike. Anyway, I also suggest if you think it is teething, rubbing his gums before nursing (fairly hard), which will make him feel better. Also, if he bites you and you put him down you can offer him a teether. If he seems hungry again soon, feel free to feed him again, he just should know that biting you will make the milk go away. I hope it gets better. I only had a few instances of this and we got over it and had a nice long nursing relationship.
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i had this problem when i was nursing, the next time he does it, just push, not hold, his face against your breast, covering his nose, just for a second (!) for them to associate biting with something bad. he is continuing to do it because he got a reaction out of you and wants another one. btw, if he is biting, he is not actually nursing because when they nurse, their tongue extends out of their mouth and if he was biting, he would bite his tongue. good luck

My younger sister's mother in law told me to pinch their nose. I did this a few times and my daughter totally quit biting. Cutting off their oxygen makes them release the nipple but also they do not like it.

I almost hate to post this here, not knowing who you are or what people will think of me! But these pieces of advice was given to me at a Lactation Support Group about 5 years ago after my baby had done the same to me (there were Lactation Nurses there supervising).

If the baby nips, do not respond by yelping - hard as that is and especially with older children (12 months +).

Option 1:
Immediately finger release the nipple from their mouth, look them in the eye and firmly say "no" then discontinue that breast. Offer a bottle if necessary. Sometimes it is play, sometimes it is teething. This worked for my 3rd child, but not my fourth.

Option 2:
Another suggestion if Option 1 did not work was to gently press the baby into your breast as they were biting you (vs. yelping but totally against your instincts). NOT TO SMOTHER - just 1-2 seconds - this distracts the baby from biting/eating/teething as their natural instinct to this is to be able to breathe freely so they will open their mouth or push away from you. It's similar to blowing into a child's face when you are teaching them to hold their breath at swim lessons - then firmly say "no biting" and continue breastfeeding. 2 strikes - you are out for that feeding. This worked for my 4th.

I never had this problem with mine but my mother told me that when one of hers would bite, that was the end of the feeding no matter how long they had been nursing. Put him down completely and tell him no biteing. You can start again a few minutes later if you need to but make sure you allow some time away from mom. He will get the message. My mom would also yell really loud. I think this will work for some but not others. If yelling scares them enough that it is a bad experience then they most likely will not continue the behavior. On the other hand, if they think it is funny, it will just encourage the biteing. The trick is to teach him that biteing causes a bad consequence and you have to figure out what he thinks is a bad consequence.