Biting

Last week Eva bit me for the first time while nursing.  Well today she bit me 4or 5 times.  She would do it after she was drinking for a while or right when she would latch on.  When she bit me I would pull her off and say something like, "Eva no, no, no" (sometimes with the third no when it really hurt).  I wasn't angry or aggressive but I was stern in my tone because I wanted to communicate that it was a negative action.  Well you'd think I had spanked her!  As she typically does when she is hurt emotionally or physically she pauses and really thinks about what has just happened for a good 2 or 3 seconds (which I think is a sign of intelligence) and then reacts.  But she was sobbing, her feelings were so hurt.  I can't imagine if I were angry or upset :(.  All I could do was console her and try to reassure her.

If she calmed down quickly I would try to continue nursing her but say, "drink your milk" avoiding words like "eat".  But she was either so cautious that she probably wasn't getting much milk or she would not want to nurse at all.  By the afternoon I started to cry, not ready to stop nursing Eva Mae.  I talked to her and told her I wasn't ready to stop these special times and that I didn't think that she was either (I would like to nurse her til she is two).  So I just kept trying.