5 month old biting my booby

[gardeningkate]

My second child also bit a couple of times, but when I made it clear with a cross face and putting the booby away he stopped, my baby now seems to be encouraged by the same approach, he gets this cheeky look and I know a bite is coming, sometimes I can get it out quick enough and sometimes not! If he is sucking and I pull it out it generally hurts anyway, and those new baby teeth are sharp little things!
Obviously there is no one answer, some ideas that are gentle or other experiences might help! I have no plans to stop feeding, I'll go until at least 18 months if possible, anyway..... We now laugh at our second child's biting episodes, so I guess while it hurts now I'll laugh later....
Looking forward to hearing the stories!

[kelebek]

Our biting phases seemed to be about a) he had learnt he could bite and was practising and liked the reaction b) he was really at the end of a feed and bored but didn't want to let go c) he was teething.

I tried many things but I always kept the fingernail on my pinkies short and at the ready. Short so it didn't scratch DS and would slip it into the corner of his mouth, it was the best way I found to get him to unlatch without hurting me. I would also at various times so no and take him off - this worked sometimes and didn't others. As he got older I would take him off once and if he did it again I wouldn't put him back on, sometimes I wouldn't put him back on at all, sometimes offer the other side etc...

It will pass and your LO will do it again no doubt and then stop etc... DS doesn't bite now even when he is teething though.

[bjrose]

Fun times! It will pass. Maybe try taking him off, but not acknoweledging what he's done. Not easy when you want to yell in pain...
I personally did yell the couple times DS did it. It made him realise it hurt & he didn't like it, so stopped...thats not what you are sposed to do, lol. But its so hard not too!

[Shanti]

Ouch! My little girl bites me hard with her gums and that hurts, she doesn't have any teeth yet still... can't imagine how much it will hurt then!!

A lady at the ABA meeting I go to, told me to push her close into my breast when she does it to block her nose and she'll quickly pull off! Try that... it seems to make them stop pretty quick as they think "oh i cant breathe" LOL I thought it was mean at first but it works and teaches them pretty fast.