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"biting" problem with 16m old
my daughter is 16 months old now, and her latch has gone really, really
bad. no matter how i work to get her to open her mouth up wide to latch on, she closes her teeth onto my nipple and seems to rest her top teeth in my skin. i was toughing it out but i realized recently that my left breast actually hurts a little all the time - not just while she's nursing me but hours and hours later, too. like right now. she last nursed on the left side at about 5am and it is now 6:30 in the evening. i can't see any damage on the outside so i fear deep tissue damage. i asked a couple of lll leaders at this month's meeting and they didn't have any advice for me. on the other hand, back when i asked them nursing only hurt some of the time. now it seems to be uncomfortable (at least) almost every time i nurse. perhaps this is because the breast damage is cumulative? i am wondering if i should stop nursing off the left side completely until it feels healed. only, i figure then i'll be stuck playing a back and forth game till she weans! (right side for a month, left side for a month, then right side for a month again.) this is the only solution i can think of. (weaning her is not an option i want to consider.) can anyone else think of another idea i should try? -- -- Vicki Married DH May 21, 1995 Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD, born 5/19/02. "Stay-at-home" Ima since October 2002. An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. -Spanish proverb I may not currently be pregnant, but I look pregnant, does that count? |
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