Having coped with the difficulties at the initial stage of feeding, some mothers soon again face the problem - the baby bites the breast. Why does he do this? Babies usually bite their breasts when they are teething. So the kids try to relieve itchy gums. From about three months of age, babies begin to play with their mother's breasts, developing new skills. Naturally, mothers have a question - how to wean the baby from biting during feeding, while maintaining breastfeeding?
Why does the baby bite the nipple when feeding - reasons
Young children who have not yet erupted their teeth may bite the nipple when feeding, squeezing it with their gums. Psychologists say that kids learn about the world around them in this way, they show curiosity. They wonder what will happen if they press their mother's breasts well - will they take it away or not? Such interest is closely related to the psycho-emotional development of the child.
Children aged from three months may nibble on the nipple even if they are hungry. So they play with breasts. During the game, the babies look at their mother, smile at her, while biting the nipple and moving it from side to side. These activities help the child learn new skills. He masters the movements of the lips and tongue. If your child behaves this way, be sure - he is just having fun. Don't worry about your milk not being tasty or not enough.
What can a mother do to prevent the baby from biting?
You need to show the baby that you do not like this behavior. This can be done by briefly taking the breast. At the same time, you need to make a stern face and calmly, but seriously say: “You can’t! Mom hurts because of the bite, so Dima (Yanya) will no longer receive milk. Despite the dissatisfaction of the crumbs, try not to give him a breast for at least 10-15 minutes. So repeat every time. After a while (two or three times), the child will understand what happens after he bites his mother's breast: the mother is unhappy, the breast is inaccessible. Both of these options do not suit the peanut, so he will try not to bite you anymore! It happens that the nipple is bitten to the blood. In this case, you should not give a sick breast to a child until the blood clots and turns into a scratch (otherwise the baby will swallow your blood, which is not good).
Teeth are erupting
Baby doesn't want to eat
If the baby has already eaten and no longer wants to suck on the breast, he can just play with her. According to some mothers, their children begin to bite the nipple when the milk in the breast is over. Sometimes the child does this when he falls asleep or, carried away by something, turns his head to the side.
Also, the child may bite the breast due to a lack of milk, the baby has a desire to experiment with his mother's reaction and attract attention, due to the constant use of rubber pacifiers and nipples.
How should a mother react when a baby bites her breast?
If the baby bit the mother's nipple for the first time, he does not understand what he did. However, at this moment, mom feels pain. Her natural reaction is to scream or abruptly pull the nipple out of the baby's mouth, she can scream at the baby and scold him (this is useless, he is not to blame and did not bite you on purpose). Although it is quite difficult to restrain oneself, such behavior when biting a child’s chest should not be allowed in any case. Hearing the cry of the mother, the baby can be very frightened, and then refuse to breastfeed altogether. It is also impossible to sharply remove the nipple from the baby's mouth, such a movement can easily injure the skin even more than with a bite. If the baby squeezed the nipple with his teeth, you should try to release the breast as soon as possible.
How to release the breast if the child has bitten it?
- In no case do not pull out the nipple - there is a high risk of even more damage to the skin, especially if the child already has several teeth;
- Press the baby so that he buried his nose in the chest. In this position, it is difficult for the child to breathe and even bite the chest. To take a breath, he will have to unclench his mouth. Some mothers prefer to gently pinch their baby's nose to open their mouth and release the nipple. Although personally to me (Razakhatskaya Natalya) the way with the little finger seems less stressful;
- Very carefully insert your little finger into the corner of the child's mouth, slowly spread his jaws. Without removing your finger, release your chest;
How to wean a child from biting the breast during feeding
To stop all the attempts of the child to bite while feeding, the mother needs to show him that it is impossible to play with the breast. Try some of the tricks below.
The child is most afraid of being left without a mother's breast. This fact must be used to stop any attempts to bite the nipple while sucking. If the baby has bitten you, take his chest away from him, look strictly into his eyes, calmly say the word “no” or “no”. The child may not understand the lesson the first time, but if this happens again and again, he will remember the actions repeated by his mother - if he bites, he loses his breast.
When the baby, despite your “no”, continues to play with the nipple, biting it again and again, take the breast from him and put him on the crib. Having lost his breast for a few minutes, the baby will realize that his mother did not like his behavior.
If he asks for breasts again, apply again. Bites - postpone, explain and leave the room. This should also be done calmly, without strong emotions. Thus, we show that we do not want to communicate when the child behaves this way. In a minute we return, calm down, offer breasts. If he starts to cry a lot, you can immediately go in, pick him up, calm him down, but nevertheless do it without guilt, with inner confidence that you are right.
But be prepared for the fact that in a few days the child will want to once again verify the seriousness of your intentions. It will be necessary to try to remember and repeat exactly the same reaction so that the child becomes bored with experimenting in this direction 🙂
For children from a year old who are already aware that they hurt their mother by biting her on the chest, a technique based on praise is suitable. After each feeding that did not bite, show the baby that you are happy - hug, kiss and praise him for good behavior.
Often, simultaneously with episodes of biting the breast, the child begins to finger the second breast during feeding, as well as pinching the mother, pulling her nose, hair and other places as far as he can reach. These additional movements of the child are unpleasant for the mother, so they can and should also be dealt with. If you do not stop such manifestations in time, you can reach absurd situations. On one of the forums devoted to this issue, I read that a baby would only breastfeed if, during feeding, he was allowed to roll a small car over his mother's body. I can imagine how “comfortable” my mother felt at the same time ... And it’s immediately clear who dictates the rules in this family. Who emerges victorious in a clash of interests. Who, after all, is the leader of the pack.
In another family I know, a girl used to fall asleep, tugging at her mother's elbow. Breastfeeding has long ended, and the elbow has not gone away. To fall asleep, the child needs to fiddle with someone's elbow. In my opinion, this is an already formed "bad habit" such as thumb sucking or nail biting. As you know, it is very difficult for children to get rid of these habits, so it is much better to prevent them from developing.
The reaction to the undesirable actions of the child should not be as emotionally vivid as when biting (after all, it doesn’t hurt you, so don’t exaggerate). But the way to wean from these habits is similar: we remove the chest and explain why. Another way (helped me) is to hold the baby's hand while feeding. Let him gently twirl his fingers, this will help to calm down. In any case, do not try to follow the child's lead, after all, for the time being you are in control of him, and not he of you.
Watch your baby when you feed him. If he is already full or has begun to fall asleep, remove the breast. This way you will be able to prevent unnecessary bites. Over time, the baby will understand that this part of the mother's body is not intended for games. Just be patient, you will succeed!
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Neoberdina Svetlana Nikolaevna, specialist in breastfeeding. 10 years of experience as a GV consultant. Talks about biting breasts while breastfeeding:
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The baby bites the breast (nipple) while feeding. What are the reasons for biting a child? Is it necessary for a child to bite his chest if he is teething? How to eliminate the causes of biting a child on the nipple? How to wean a child from biting the breast while feeding. What to do with a nipple injury?
1. Don't kiss her at the beginning. When men do not kiss a woman on the lips and go straight to the erogenous zones, girlfriends perceive it as if they are being paid by the hour and therefore are in a hurry, skipping what they do not consider important. A passionate kiss is an integral part of the foreplay.
2. It's hard to breathe into her ear. Once upon a time at school, someone there told you that the girls like it. But hello, there's a difference between erotic breathing in your ear and the way people blow in an attempt to blow out the candles on their cake on their 50th birthday. It is unpleasant.
3. Don't shave. When you look like a porcupine with your protruding stubble and scratch a girl's face and thighs, she doesn't like it. Amazing, right? And the way she turns her head from side to side is not passion, she is trying to avoid the painful touch of the stubble.
4. Squeeze her breasts. Most men do this in a manner similar to housewives testing a watermelon for ripeness. You have to be gentle and careful.
5. Bite her nipples. Why do men bite their girlfriends breasts with such frenzy? Nipples are very sensitive. No need to bite or pinch them. Better - lick.
6. Twist your nipples. Stop twisting her nipples big and index finger like you're tuning a radio! Shift your attention to the chest as a whole, do not concentrate on individual points.
7. Ignore the rest of the body. Dudes often make the mistake of thinking that the card female body contains only three objects: the Western and Eastern Thoracic Hills and the Great Tunnel. But there are still a lot of areas that people for some reason ignore, in a hurry to visit this short list of attractions. Yes, pay attention to them at last!
8. Hands get confused. If you are not very dexterous with your hands and you can get tangled in her panties with your fingers, this does not entail anything pleasant for her. Just ask her to take them off. Or take them off yourself.
9. Do not take a condom. Somehow it so happened that it is considered a male concern. You put it on - you take care of it.
10. Attack the clitoris. Direct and hard pressure is very unpleasant, so gently move your fingers up and down on it.
11. Stop for a break. Women, unlike us, cannot pick up where they left off. So if she is about to cum, don't slow down and do everything in your power, at any cost!
12. Embarrassing to undress her. Women hate looking like a fool. But if you take off her sweater and it gets stuck on her head - that's really stupid. Be gallant and dexterous, don't act like a child.
13. Pull the linen up to her ears during foreplay. Yes, a little pressure through the panties is sexy. And pulling them with great force so that they reach the navel - that's gone.
14. Being obsessed with the vagina. Most dudes are up to the task of finding the clitoris without a map, but they still think that the vagina is the most important thing in sex. In principle, of course, it is important. But here we must be careful: the main thing here is not to hurt. It is best to concentrate on the clitoris during foreplay, and only then gently insert your finger inside - if she likes it.
15. Massage too hard. When you want to give her an erotic relaxing massage, you don't have to use force to create the right mood.
16. Undress prematurely. Do not rush things, hurrying to throw off your clothes. Let her take at least a couple of steps towards you - even just unbuttoning a couple of buttons.
17. Take off your underpants first. Worst view for a man - when he is in socks and shorts. Take your socks off in front.
18. Hurry up. When you've just started having sex, you don't have to jump right into super speeds - she just won't like it. Start with simple, rhythmic, but not fast movements.
19. Being too pushy. If you try really hard and put your boyfriend in it as deep as possible, it's not always pleasant - you can even hurt. Everything in moderation, dude!
20. Cumming too fast. That's every bro's fear. And not unreasonably. If there's nothing you can do about it, come up with a backup plan so your friend can enjoy it too.
21. Don't cum too long. It may seem strange to you, but if for you not to finish for an hour means good sex, then for her, perhaps, vaginal numbness. In such a case, at least buy new curtains so that she has something to have fun while you pretend to be a marathon runner.
22. Ask if she finished. In fact, you yourself will be able to understand. But if you can't install it, don't ask anyway.
23. Oral sex is too soft. Don't act like a giant cat that's been poured milk. Increase the speed, decrease the amplitude, concentrate on the clitoris.
24. Tilt her head. But we just don’t know how else to hint that she would use her mouth - so we hope that she simply won’t have another way out. And women, as it turned out, hate it. It's for such tricks that you can generally be thrown out of bed. If you want her to use her mouth, use hers - tell her so.
25. Don't warn her that you're coming. Sperm tastes like sea water mixed with egg white. Not everyone will like it - stuff for an amateur. So if you're doing oral sex, warn her so she's ready for it.
26. Move during orgasm. Again, when you're having oral sex, don't make any friction when you cum. She will do everything herself. Just lie down. And don't grab her by the head.
27. Follow the experience gained from pornophiles. In porn, women kind of like getting cum all over them. IN real life this only adds to the hassle: you need to urgently wash the thing.
28. Making her jump on her for ages. Asking her to stay on top is normal. But relaxing while she does all the work is no longer cool. Let her rest.
29. Try to have anal sex with her and pretend it happened by accident. This is how women begin to think that you don’t understand at all what and where to shove. If you want to have anal sex, talk about it first. Don't say, "Oh, I messed up" or "Oh, I got drunk."
30. Take pictures. When the guy asks: “Can I take a picture of you?”, The girl hears the continuation of the phrase: “...to show her dudes.” Well, I would be ashamed.
31. Do not show imagination. Different things are suitable here: you can pour honey on her back and lick it, use fruits, vegetables, ice or a feather. And here hot wax- it's no and no.
32. Squish your stomach against her stomach. There is no less erotic sound in the world.
33. Try stupid positions. If she is, then the buzz is on you, but unless she is a gymnast, do not demand too much from her.
34. Look for her prostate. Attention: if you stimulate the prostate in a man, it's nice. But women just don't have it.
35. Put hickeys. Yes, we all remember, it's nice - when carefully and no traces remain. But then hiding behind scarves and collars is not the most interesting thing. Yes, even in the summer.
37. Dirty talk. It's like you're an old man and you're calling sex on the phone. If she wants dirty talk, you'll be the first to know.
38. Don't care if she cums. And who will take care of it? Do everything in your power - and she will answer you the same.
39. Press her to the bed. Men tend to be heavier than women. Imagine what it's like to lie under someone's weight and turn blue.
40. Thank her. Don't thank the woman you had sex with for anything. The bedroom is not your dining room.
Health
Perhaps it is the breasts that are the most controversial aspect of the criterion of female beauty.
3. Too hard love joys
Some women like to caress harder. For example, they are turned on when a partner bites their breasts.
However, be careful! Such bites can be very dangerous to health. female breast. They can also hurt her, like wearing a tight bra.
A disruption in tissues can lead to potential problems.
Therefore, in the bedroom, try not to overplay with hard caresses.
Is nipple piercing dangerous?
4. Piercing on the nipples
Piercing, in principle, is potentially dangerous because when piercing any part of the body, the risk of infection and infection is very high.
But a puncture on the nipple is especially dangerous because of its proximity to the lymphatic system. This allows harmful bacteria to enter the bloodstream and spread in the female body.
Why is smoking dangerous
5. Smoking
Heavy chemical substances, which a person inhales into himself with every cigarette smoked, harms the lungs.
But few people know that these harmful elements, penetrating the skin, lead to premature aging not only of the whole organism, but also of the female breast in particular.
Cigarettes kill collagen and elastin, and this, in turn, leads to sagging. The chest irrevocably loses its natural elasticity.
Therefore, the conclusion will be disappointing: the more a woman smokes, the less attractive becomes her chest.
6. Running and physical exercise no sports bra
Going out for a run or getting into Gym without a sports bra, a woman exposes her breasts to potential danger.
Even if she is the owner of modest small forms, it is imperative to wear a special sports bra.
On a run, a chest that is not fixed by a bra bounces. This can form scar tissue, which in turn can lead to serious illness.
7. Sleep face down
Rumor has it that sleeping face down causes your breasts to shrink in size. However, it is not. Of course, if it does not decrease.
But pressure on this part of the body at night can indeed change the shape of the breast over time.
It is best to take a pillow and support your chest with it or sleep on your side.