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Offline SILLYFACE

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Re: Biting, bleeding, tears
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2012, 07:15:30 am »
My baby wouldn't let go! Couldn't manage the little finger in side of mouth and pulling towards me didn't help - luckily she let go of her own accord but the hv said to pinch her nose - bit like when they get a blocked nose and can't feed properly. It sounds extreme but so is being bitten!
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Re: Biting, bleeding, tears
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2012, 09:46:35 am »
I think the other problem with the nose pinching is that if they have any milk or whatever in their mouths and you hold their nose they will gasp to breathe and liquid can go down into their lungs.  I used to work with a little boy who used to hold lots of saliva in his mouth (ASD child) and his mum used to pinch his nose until they had a choking incident and A&E told her she should never do that because of that very risk so I am surprised your HV suggested that.  Now granted if they are getting to the stage they are biting they are likely finished eating so less of a risk but still not something I'd be comfortable doing. 

Hugs Anna xx   rosa went through a stage of this and it was so bloody painful and frustrating.  I did find it was when teeth were moving around and it was about 9 months it was at its worst.  TBH i tolerated it for a while and then couldn't take it any more.  In the end I used to just take her off with a firm no and ended the feed.  I used to give her another few chances which all ended in biting and i found just ending it and moving on was much more effective in terms of my sanity and she did click that that was it for feeding if she was biting. 
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Re: Biting, bleeding, tears
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2012, 15:44:49 pm »
(((hugs)))) Anna, wish I had a brilliant solution for you. :(
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Re: Biting, bleeding, tears
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2012, 18:30:16 pm »
{{HUGS}} anna..just read through this bc DD has been going in for bites each feed time now. They sound like they were cut from the same cloth, basically everything you said applies to my LO. She hasn't eaten for 6 hours and every time I try she goes in for the bite..no blood yet but now I am afraid every time I open my shirt! Tell me its gotten better now??
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