Ok, this already scared the hell out of me before I knew what it was. I'm going to upvote now, then back away very slowly without breaking eye contact…
……… What? No.
1782 was a self-aware reality warper even in utero. Mommy was slowly being driven mad by it and/or general living conditions, and either tried to abort the baby or suffered a miscarriage. Baby didn't like that and didn't want to let mommy go.
Unless somehow that's exactly what you meant.
No, I mean tapeworm baby, only this particular instance was also a reality bender.
I thought that was what you were getting at with the biting and chewing bit.
…or did you just mean it was receiving nutrients from its mother and imagining what it must be like to eat on one's own?
The latter.
Living the dream, or dreaming the life?