Biting can be tricky.  Usually toddlers start to bite at this age due to 
teething pain.  I would offer a cold washcloth or chewie first.  
Toddlers can understand quite well, so I would explain to the toddler 
that if they bite they can't nurse, be gentle, biting hurts mommy etc.

Usually at this age the drive to nurse is quite strong and they will 
comply in order to nurse.

Tania

On 2014-03-06 09:57, Lisa Paul wrote:
> I have PTP.
> 
> Working with a mom of a 15m old who started biting this past week.
> Child nursed several times a day up to this point, but now will bite
> at the very beginning of the feed.  Mom has had to stop BF and pump
> because child will not nurse, only bite.  She won't even react and the
> child will start to cry as soon as he bites.
> 
> Two suggestions that I had were to eliminate all bottles and sippy
> cups that the child bites on to help the milk flow, and pump before
> putting baby to breast to get the flow started.
> 
> Anyone else dealt with this sort of thing?  Mom reports the child has
> lost some weight due to not BF.  Mom desires to BF until 2 or 3 yrs
> old.
> 
> Thank you for your help,
> Lisa Paul, IBCLC
> 
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