tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post113986856127167331..comments2023-11-02T08:26:17.556-07:00Comments on Nonlinear Girl: Someone needs to learn that "I could just eat you up" is an expressionnonlineargirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05414675024101618604noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-1140032054352343322006-02-15T11:34:00.000-08:002006-02-15T11:34:00.000-08:00We have new teeth in our house too. I literally h...We have new teeth in our house too. I literally hold my breath every time I feed him. Knock on wood, no bites yet!Bridgermamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730308881568756134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-1140031459816586172006-02-15T11:24:00.000-08:002006-02-15T11:24:00.000-08:00Thanks Kathy - I thought it was you, but I appreci...Thanks Kathy - I thought it was you, but I appreciate the confirmation. (I've creepily read - and commented on - other people's blogs, so I wouldn't worry.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying the "bite gets you no more milk" thing, so we'll see.nonlineargirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414675024101618604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-1140028057676181012006-02-15T10:27:00.000-08:002006-02-15T10:27:00.000-08:00Two things occurred to me after I posted that -- o...Two things occurred to me after I posted that -- one, hi! this is Kathy Sher, not some random Kathy creepily reading your blog.<BR/><BR/>Two, it doesn't take a couple of weeks -- less than a week, if you just gently get her off the breast whenever she bites (which is not hard to be consistent about).Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593639955634717831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-1139963784023870502006-02-14T16:36:00.000-08:002006-02-14T16:36:00.000-08:00I'm so terrified of the chomping. it's too bad the...I'm so terrified of the chomping. it's too bad the smothering doesn't work well - although the technique Kathy describes is a lot like what I do with puppies or to get horses to take a bit, so perhaps it will be effective on small persons as well? Wishing you strength as you deal with dome of the downs in those "parenting ups and downs" I'm always hearing about.The Stute Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224464821160774526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634138.post-1139959210249350612006-02-14T15:20:00.000-08:002006-02-14T15:20:00.000-08:00Another version of the pull-child-close trick is j...Another version of the pull-child-close trick is just to put your little finger in at the edge of her mouth to break the latch and then move her away from your breast -- gets her off there without risking damage to you. (You can also say "no! no biting!" while you do this.) <BR/><BR/>Hang in there. She'll get the message (biting = no more nursing) in a couple of weeks.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593639955634717831noreply@blogger.com