Saturday, June 20, 2009

OUCH!!! Help!! My baby is trying to kill me!!! He has bitten me 4 times today and I don't know what to do!!!! The last time made me bleed!! Any tips??! He has his 2 bottom teeth and he knows how to use 'em!!! ACK!!!

11 comments:

Israel said...

Revenge of the teeth!

I think the little cannibal has been biding his time to avenge the time you "toothed" him in the forehead.

He was helpless then, but now he had the weapons to fight back.

Helpful tip:

Soaking your nipples in picklebrine five hours a day will make them bulletproof. It's either that or shoot him with pepper every everytime he offends.

MariaJoy said...

Miah likes to bite us...our shoulders of all places! When he does it, I'll say no (He's old enough to know better...and he knows what no means, not sure if Lincoln is old enough ----??) But if he does it again I take my index finger and tap his mouth and say no....not enough that it hurts him, but enough that he knows what he is doing wrong.

Doesnt help that when he was getting his first teeth in, my MIL would put her fingers in his mouth and let him bite her!!! Grrrrr.....even after I asked her to stop!

BeccaHolsapple said...

Ouch!!! The biting is absolutely horrible!! I know just how you feel!!!
At least with both my boys it took a little longer for the teeth to come in...
I always just pulled a little bit of hair, right behind the ear. Not enough to make them cry, but enough so they register a bit of pain.
After a few of times, Brandon stopped. Ben was another story...he didn't have much hair and he was one when he started biting so I just ended up stopping nursing.
Hope you figure something out soon! I can't believe he made you bleed!!!

Sarah said...

Ouch!!!! No fun! I got lucky, cause my three didn't bite much. I do remember one time Andrew did...I shrieked really loud, and he started crying! Seems funny now! =) I don't think he did it again...I wonder why?? LOL Hopefully Lincoln stops...he seems little for you to have to stop nursing him. =( Anyways, good luck!!!

Jeshanah said...

hahaha, Israel. picklebrine, huh? Yuck!

Maria, where were you when we were letting him chew our fingers to the bone?!?! I didn't even think about that! Of course if we let him bite our fingers he will think he can bite wherever!! I should have known...

Well, lucky for me, he is used to taking a bottle and likes it just as well, (I have been giving him one every week or so since he was born... sometimes with formula/ sometimes with breast-milk.) so I am going to pump and have him drink bottles except for at night when he has never bitten me anyways! I did that yesterday an it worked out pretty well. He was happy and I was happy!! =)

Sarah said...

Good deal! Whatever works, I say!! =)

MariaJoy said...

Hmmmm....I was probably at home telling Miah....NO! Don't bite! LOL So far he's only bitten his Dad real hard. I'll see that big old mouth open and goes toward my shoulder and stop him (I think he's part vampire ;) ) He didnt start really biting until he was getting his back molars (he's working on teeth #9 and #10) I'm just glad he hasnt tried to bite anyone else.

Lost in FWA said...

Well, can't help you there Shan, I never got past day 7 in breastfeeding! I am sure you could google some tips....anything will be better than Israel's idea! LOL!

Maria- Miah has 9-10 teeth??? Whoa! No wonder he is wanting to bite, his teeth must be constantly bugging him! Elaina is only working on number 5 right now! Then again she didn't get any until 9 months and then all 4 came in at once...poor sweetie!

-Laura

MariaJoy said...

Actually.....he is working on 15 now!!!! He's getting 5 teeth in at once! :/ Four molars, and an eye tooth!

BeccaHolsapple said...

Ouch!!! Ben is working of his 11th and 12th! No fun!

MariaJoy said...

Yeah....and everytime I look there seems to be another (He won't let me look anymore!!)He's up to six! :(