I don't know if it's the emergence of the new tooth (which you can see now) or just a fluke of nature, but I feel like I've put my chest through a meat grinder. And of course Sawyer had a night where all he wanted to do was nurse. I actually woke Rob up groaning in pain. Add to that several instances of biting yesterday, and you have a pumping day today. The pump is much easier on me than Sawyer, for sure!
And anyone have advice about the biting? When I say no, even in my scariest, most serious voice, Sawyer laughs. Yesterday he actually laughed, then stuck out his tongue at me. Talk about attitude! We are so in for it with this little guy.
Ouch. I know how painful that can be. I read one that you should flick them in the head when they bite. The first time I tried it, Wyatt cried so hard that I started crying too. I never could bring myself to do it again. Luckily he wasn't a real biter.
ReplyDeleteWith Dylan, I had to resort to withholding milk. Sometimes he would bite me and then smile like he knew what he was doing. So I would refuse to feed him. He wanted milk and would cry but I made him wait for 20 minutes before trying again. I would repeat the same pattern until eventually he stopped biting. I could actually see him stop himself.
I hope you find something that works with Sawyer!
we want pictures of the new tooth!! don't forget to write down the dates- you will be glad you did later! love you Mom
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you'll feel about this but my mom said that Thomas bit her once, she gave him a little pop on the mouth, and he never did it again... hmm, not sure how Thomas would feel about me telling that story either. =P
ReplyDeleteLuckily, neither of my children were nursing biters. Brody does have a new "trick" similar to Sawyer's. We have gates all over the house (townhouse) except we cannot bring ourselves to ruin the wood banister, leading to the upstairs, with a baby gate. Brody knows that he is NOT supposed to go up those stairs. He will crawl right to the bottom of the stairs and put his hands on the stairs and look down and shake his head back and forth (like a 'no'). It is so funny to watch. Best of luck to you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't breastfeed as you know, but that didn't stop Liam from trying to bite me and Buck. It's something that a lot of kids do around the 1st birthday. He almost always went for our shoulder. When he was a baby it was cute because it was him just gumming us. But now that he has almost all his teeth, it's not cute. It's painful!
ReplyDeleteSo, what we did was every time we saw him bare his fangs (Haha) we would automatically say, "Liam, don't bite!" If he continued on his path, we'd slide a hand between his mouth and whatever his target was. If he didn't get the message and still went for it, we'd immediately set him down on the floor, or wherever, essentially denying him his cuddle time with us. He got the point real quick: If I bite them, they get mad, and there's a consequence.
Nowadays there are still times when he gets a yen to chomp on our hands or shoulders, but all it takes is one quick, very seriously-toned "don't bite" and he stops the motion. Usually he'll give us a pseudo kiss instead!!
this came up on a list serve i'm on recently. (no teeth at my house yet thank goodness). the two responses that i remember are: 1. one mom ended up biting her child back and that child got it right away. and 2. another mom shoved the baby's head into the breast so that the nose was covered and then baby released the jaw right away. and that took maybe two times and baby got it. i think she said it was what the sears book said to do. hmmmmm... i'm not looking forward to teeth
ReplyDeleteagree with the yogini! the dr. sears smothering trick works every time. they let go really, really quickly. they usually don't cry or seem disturbed, it is just simply an association. oh-- when i clamp my teeth together i can't breathe.
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