Biting - can I have a show of solidarity?

Please tell me I'm not the only one with a biting baby . It started out as just me - when she was feeding, OUCH! - but yesterday she bit Maya and tonight she bit Willie and me in quick succession.

I know it's just a phase, and we tell her off appropriately etc. (I was in tears this morning, she drew blood on my poor nipple) but it's so frustrating!

The gremlins went thru a similar stage from memory, but they were a bit older, maybe 13-14 mths.

my boy does it too. He has 8 teeth and quite often bites me when he's feedng - almost like a way of telling me he's done. I tap him on the mouth with me finger and say don't bite then put him on the floor. The frustrating thing is half the time he doesn't care. He hasn't bitten anyone else yet except for a silly woman who put her fingers in his mouth but i figured that was her own fault. She did this while saying to me 'does he really have 8teeth?' and im going 'yes he does' then ouch he bit me!!! I found it kinda funny actually I wish there was something i could do to make him stop biting me though. Tears are a daily occurance

I am having a real battle with Oli biting at the moment. He does in out of frustration and anger, but sometimes he thinks its a game. The hard part is that he only bites me. I am black n blue and I look a bit like I have been beaten all up and down my arms. (doesnt help that I bruise easily!!)

At the moment everytime he does it we say "no biting" in a very stern voice and put him on the floor....but its pretty tough as sometimes he thinks its a game and just carries on trying to bite me. Grrr...you have my complete sympathy Emma!!!!

 

I know I didn't want to stop either He weaned himself by never even trying to bf and just continually biting.

I reckon - we don't want to get those 2 together cos he might teach Chiara more bad tricks!

Charly was a biter up till about 18 months old... Lil minx, i swear she did it cos she knew how much it hurt. Now she just bites Jakes arm, although she hasn't done that (touch wood) for about 4 days or so...

I don't have a biter (I have a pusher and hitter instead), but Ella has been bitten quite a bit lately at daycare....and I actually feel quite sorry for the parents of the biter (I know how awful I feel when Ella randomly hits another kid) because it is a hard issue to deal with and sometimes quite sensitive.

Hopefully she grows out of it soon

Dom was a terrible biter but he only ever bit me. Usually it co incided with teething but then he learn that it got a reaction and it was for fun after that. So frustrating and very hard to teach them not too at such a young age. I used to just put him straight down on the floor if he bit me.

maybe you need to cut back on the feeds and when she does bite put her down and finish the feed. it might be a boredom thing.