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Teething pain for Mommy!
I am at the end of my rope! My one-year-old dd has recently gotten her
first three teeth, and while she's not intentionally biting me as she nurses, she's latching differently and scraping her teeth against the nipple as she nurses. I am in such awful pain that sometimes just feeling fabric against my chest makes me want to scream. I remember going through this with my first two kids, but this is by far the worst (maybe because she's my latest teether and is having a harder time figuring out how to nurse with teeth?) What can I do to ease the pain? Bryna |
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Teething pain for Mommy!
On 2007-01-10 06:01:46 +0800, "Bryna" said:
I am at the end of my rope! My one-year-old dd has recently gotten her first three teeth, and while she's not intentionally biting me as she nurses, she's latching differently and scraping her teeth against the nipple as she nurses. I am in such awful pain that sometimes just feeling fabric against my chest makes me want to scream. I remember going through this with my first two kids, but this is by far the worst (maybe because she's my latest teether and is having a harder time figuring out how to nurse with teeth?) What can I do to ease the pain? Bryna OUCH I know how you feel. I think it might be a case of don't take second-best for a latch... just like with a newborn. There should be no teeth NEAR the nipple, let alone scraping it! I had an open wound from my son's top front teeth on my areola when he was teething for his molars. For some reason he just got more rough during this time. It didn't heal for over a month, and I had to use Kenacomb ointment to battle a skin infection there. That stuff is awesome. I think the trick is to prevent this from happening by not letting her feed incorrectly, and giving her something else to chew on before she feeds might help. Also check on what bottles/sippy cups you're using. One of the ones my son was using actually requiring him to bite the silicon to open the valve to get the water out. It is a Nuby, I think. I found when he used that, he'd try to feed with his teeth, too. That bottle soon got out of circulation! HTH Jo -- Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife |
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Teething pain for Mommy!
Notchalk wrote: On 2007-01-10 06:01:46 +0800, "Bryna" said: I am at the end of my rope! My one-year-old dd has recently gotten her first three teeth, and while she's not intentionally biting me as she nurses, she's latching differently and scraping her teeth against the nipple as she nurses. I am in such awful pain that sometimes just feeling fabric against my chest makes me want to scream. I remember going through this with my first two kids, but this is by far the worst (maybe because she's my latest teether and is having a harder time figuring out how to nurse with teeth?) What can I do to ease the pain? Bryna OUCH I know how you feel. I think it might be a case of don't take second-best for a latch... just like with a newborn. There should be no teeth NEAR the nipple, let alone scraping it! I had an open wound from my son's top front teeth on my areola when he was teething for his molars. For some reason he just got more rough during this time. It didn't heal for over a month, and I had to use Kenacomb ointment to battle a skin infection there. That stuff is awesome. I think the trick is to prevent this from happening by not letting her feed incorrectly, and giving her something else to chew on before she feeds might help. Also check on what bottles/sippy cups you're using. One of the ones my son was using actually requiring him to bite the silicon to open the valve to get the water out. It is a Nuby, I think. I found when he used that, he'd try to feed with his teeth, too. That bottle soon got out of circulation! HTH Jo -- Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife Thanks for the advice -- I'm not sure *how* to get her to latch properly, though -- it's so much easier with a newborn because you're looking at lip shape, but this is all happening inside her mouth! I can totally sympathize with the "open wound" thing -- dd also managed to give me one of those a few weeks ago, but fortunately it didn't get infected. And of course, being the *wonderful* mother that I am, I was more concerned about the amount of blood she was drinking with her milk upsetting her stomach. Sigh. Well, I guess it'll just be more ammunition for the guilt trip I'll put on her when I'm old and she doesn't call enough. Bryna |
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