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Title: Shes biting!
Post by: jobi on March 23, 2008, 22:00:16 pm

Shelby got her first bottom teeth at 3 1/2 months  ::)
Now at 8 months shes got 2 bottom and 4 top teeth.

FYI The boys didn't get any teeth until 11 months +

The problem i have is when Shelby latches on, she kills me. I know its all new, and she soon adjusts her latch but for those few seconds it murders, like when we first started and she broke me!!!

Will she 'eventually' know how to latch on toothless or do i need to help her?

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: Erin (redstarfalling) on March 24, 2008, 11:38:08 am

Ouch!  Yes, she will eventually get better.  My dd2 now has about a dozen teeth and she's pretty good at not using them most of the time!

Have you checked out this FAQ?
Biting

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: jobi on March 24, 2008, 12:44:29 pm

Thanks  ;D

I did read the bit on biting, missed the bit about changing her latch  ::)

She is good when actually feeding its just that beginning bit!!

My mum said i was a biter though, hope she doesn't take after me!

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: *Nicola* on March 24, 2008, 13:06:22 pm

Ouch!!

No advice but tonnes of (((Hugs)))  :-*


PS how about a gum shield  ;) :P

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: jobi on March 24, 2008, 13:30:24 pm

 ;D ;D

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: clh on March 24, 2008, 19:15:30 pm

I feel your pain.   ::)  We don't get it much anymore.  I would suggest silmilar to the FAQ's:  take her off & I say "No.  We don't bite." or somethings similar. 

When it happens at lunch at daycare with ds2 & I can't practically completely end the session if we've just started, I remove him from the nursing position and do something else for a couple of minutes before trying again... walk him around the room, talk to his playmates, anything to break the nursing mentality for a moment.  HTH

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: jobi on March 25, 2008, 08:11:53 am

Thanks  ;D

I'm thinking she just doesn't like me  :P Her arm thats underneath mine when we're feeding, she uses her hand to scratch at my arm  :-\ Ouchy!

Title: Re: Shes biting!
Post by: ~Faye~ on March 25, 2008, 09:04:37 am

Quote from: jobi on March 25, 2008, 08:11:53 am

I'm thinking she just doesn't like me  :P

She's a girl of taste then ;D ;) :-*

Had to send you a ton of hugs. Not looking forward to that part. :-*