Breast Feeding discussion

Jet

I breast fed for a year. He did start biting in the last few weeks which was when I realised he wasn't really interested in feeding, just wanted to play. :rolleyes:

It isn't the end of the world to get bitten - in fact I found the early days of breast feeding a new born far more difficult than getting bitten, to be honest.

Loopy_Lobes

I've fed all of mine past a year and my youngest is now almost one and I'm still feeding her. She has bitten me twice. Both times I yelled (it hurt!) and she got very upset so now I think she got the message. Like someone said above if baby bits push him into the breast so he'll let go to breathe.

Weaning can take ages so try to not worry if after a few weeks your little one is still only having one mouthful at each meal. Baby led weaning is very popular nowadays where baby is given a selection of finger foods to try and controls themselves what goes in their mouth. I did a mixture of traditional purees and baby led with my daughter from 6 months old, it took us a good 2 months or so to get her to eat a good sized portion and another couple of months on top of that to get her eating three meals a day. There really is no rush as long as baby is getting plently of milk. This is a good site http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/

Oh and none of my babies ever had a bottle, they went straight from breast to cup starting with water at 6 months and then onto cows milk at 12 months. Some breat fed babies take to bottles easily but others are much more stubborn so a cup is usually the way to go.

Loopy x

Luna69

Hi
Not read through all the responses, but well done for bf this far. I failed with my first too, was gutted, but I tried again with my second and fed her until she was 2, although by then it was only at bed time til I weaned her off. I don't recall her actually biting me, or if she did it wasn't much. I'm bf again with my 3rd and he's nearly 21 months. He has bitten me a few times, but more when he was a bit older and knew what he was doing and did it on purpose. It can hurt and is a bit of a shock, but I took him straight off and lay him on the bed, refusing to feed him. He whined, I put him back on and he was fine again.
He doesnt' do it now, although he doesn't actually feed much, he'll be weaned off by his 2nd birthday if not before. I only feed bed time and mornings. He drinks cows milk from a cup too. Both my DD and my DS both refused bottles/teats, I couldn't get them to drink from them at all, neither would they have dummies.
SO from 4 months they had to drink or attempt to drink from baby beakers, then cups. They've been fine.

Good luck and try not to worry too much.
Yvonne

alwaysonthego_2

I am bf dd2 and she is 2 and bf dd1 till she was 2.5. Both girls bit me a couple of times for a reaction, but not when they got older. Just perservere is my advice

RoxieW

re - the weaning - my youngest would not wean -he refused any kind of puree. BUT he was always very interested in his older brother food so I started him on simple finger food. Tiny sandwiches etc - anything safe that he could mush up in his mouth himself - bread is ideal, as are soft fruits and cooked carrots etc. He loved it and was fine with anything like that. I think he just didnt like the texture of puree or beign fed and prefered to be more 'hands on!' I obv had to keep a close eye on him thou - and we had a very messy kitchen!
He's a brilliant eater now, at 3 - and will try anything - unlike his older brother.

SaveTheCheerleader

Thanks for all the replys and advice.

I'll certainly try the baby led weaning a bit more as DS2 is more interested in food we eat rather than anything from a spoon, i'll try some soft cooked carrot or something tomorrow.

Cheers!

Mumolu

Hi all,

I am breastfeeding my 9 month old and he has only nipped me once or twice and its not been that bad so far, my first baby was a proper 'Ouch' biter! But he learnt after 3 times of being taken off and me telling him no.

If your baby has only got bottom teeth, the first time they bite you, you will be able to feel it a little first, if that makes sense, unless they do a god almighty chomp straight down!!!!

Seriously though, its not that bad, and just use the advice given here....

On the weaning bit, my second baby (current bf one) hated being fed from a spoon so I just gave in and give him cooked fruit and veg at first, now I just dish up his pasta etc like everyone else and he happily chews his way through, (even with his 2 bottom teeth!). Try some finger foods first, banana is good, big chunk on the highchair (messy and smelly yep) but really an ideal first food.

Hope that helps

Madmel

There's some fantastic advice on here, so not much more to add.

With DD1, we did the very cautious baby rice etc approach to weaning. With DD2, she was interested in food, so I mushed a bit of banana in my fingers and shoved it in her mouth. The expression was priceless but she opened her mouth for more, and that was it! Baby rice does taste awful, so if your DS refuses it, I'm not that surprised.

I'm sure that a relaxed approach to food and weaning is the way to go. They are all different and enjoy different foods. I also did the freezing of purees in ice cube trays - Poundland did 3 for £1 and they were great. To begin with each child could only eat one, but within weeks, they had 2, 3 or 4. It also meant I could give them a variety of foods, rather than the same every day.

SaveTheCheerleader

Aarrgh - don't talk about chomping down, it makes me go all clenchy - is that a real word?!

He really does seem to detest the spoon/bottle/dummy/anything in mouth other then my booby so will just be popping some food on his highchair tray tomorrow ans see what happens.

x

Gale_10

Hello,

The only thing I can add is make sure what you offer him is sweet, because breast milk is very sweet, thats why they often turn their noses up at lots of food. I started DS2 (now 10 months) on sweet potato and rusks.

All the best,

Gale
xxx