Lisa, It seems to me that the most straightforward approach in helping this mom is to take care of the biting problem. The supply issue should be easier to resolve with baby at the breast. It may even take care of itself. Pumping and bottlefeeding is time-consuming, tiring, and often disheartening, and this may impede mom's ability to manage her depression. Some tried and true anti-biting strategies include the following: * keep a close eye on the baby, and intervene before biting happens (baby must slide back from good latch position in order to bite, and often this happens as a nursing session is winding down) * take special care to focus on and interact with the baby while nursing * consider what might be bothering the baby -- changes in home environment, mother's busy-ness, etc * for simple "experimental" biting, mom can pull baby into her breast so that baby's nose is covered and breathing is blocked -- this will make baby open mouth to breathe, and thus unlatch I also second someone else's suggestion of the Breastfeeding Answer Book for more anti-biting ideas. Margaret LLLL Longmont, Colorado (back reading Lactnet as I nurse my new babe-in-arms, a boy born at home October 5th!) *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html