Arrrrggghh why is he biting?????

[Pearls18]

It's not been a simple journey to 4 months but we're here. He's always been a sparse feeder, he feeds very little very infrequently, but his weight gain is good, the only good feed of the day is his bedtime one at 7 (wakes frequently at night)

So the new obstacle, biting. I am fairly certain he isn't teething, sometimes he's being somewhat playful like he doesn't want to be fed, fine, other times it's like he has completely forgotten how to latch, I have to really coax and relax him before a feed, the sleepier he is the better he feeds.

If I thought it was just a "not hungry" thing that would be fine, but this evening I know he was tired and hungry, but kept biting me until I calmed him down enough to latch. He doesn't comfort feed in the slightest.

Anyone else?

 

[w8ing4bean]

The only time phoebe bites me is when shes cutting a tooth, or not hungry and messing about. I sit her up and firmly say "no! Poor mummy!" (i can see your lo is younger tho so may not work)

Sometimes i abandon the feed altogether until shes calm xx

 

[Pearls18]

Yeah I remember doing that with DS1, I just don't remember him doing it as young as this, I obviously assertively tell him to stop...but he's 4 months so just looks at me and smiles or cries!

 

[angelandbump]

I'm going through the same issue where my son clamps down and pulls back at the same time. It looks like he's getting his two bottom teeth through so I wonder if that's why my sons doing it.

If you find a solution, please let me know x

 

[halullat]

My LO would clamp really hard before coming off when he was a newborn but he has stopped doing that lately. But he will constantly go back off and on and look at me and smile and then get frustrated because he is hungry but won't calm down to feed. He is currently three and a half months old so perhaps so perhaps is a phase x