After I wrote about how to heal a bite mark, one reader asked the very reasonable question of how to prevent a baby from biting in the first place. Steph wrote:
Q: My 12 month old son is used to being nursed to sleep, but with three teeth coming in at once, he is now also a dedicated biter.
He bites me so often and so hard that I have had to limit his nursing sessions for the first time. His first birthday ended in hysterical screaming all night… he couldn’t sleep without the breast, but can’t seem to feed without biting. …read more

Today’s breastfeeding story comes from Hsien, a sling-wearin’, blog-writin’ mother of one. She tells about her experience with overactive let-down, plugged ducts, her son’s teething, and isolation as an expat in Japan:
“For almost four years, breastfeeding was an integral part of my family’s life. I was fortunate enough not to experience too many problems because I’d done a lot of research prior to giving birth, but here are a few memorable moments.
1. I had lots of milk to give in the first few months and an overactive let-down. For some bizarre reason, I thought it was important that my son …read more