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to try a dummy to stop my nipples from falling of?!

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AngelicCurls · 02/12/2015 21:56

Posting here for traffic-sorry Blush

DS 11wk has just spent the last 90 mins sucking. He started off feeding well, swallowing milk but is now just sucking and not swallowing. If I unlatch him he fusses then starts to cry. Rocking him to sleep just makes him cross.

Up until now I've fed him to sleep in about half an hour, slid him across to his crib (we've a homemade side cot type arrangement) and he's stayed zonked for the next 4-5 hrs.

Last night was horrendous, took nearly 2 hrs to get to sleep, slept for 3 hrs then took another hour to go off again after his feed, before his big sister decided she wanted to wake me up as wellSad

So I sent DH get a dummy tonight when after the 4th time I tried to unlatch him resulted in him shoving his whole fist in his mouth, gagging then projectile vomming milk all down the wall. he's now sucking quite happily on it but I'm all guilt striken... What if he is hungry/on a growth spurt? Will he still grizzle for a feed with a dummy? I don't want him to not feed if he needs it but I can't cope with another night like this (or rather my poor boobs can't!), plus I'd really like to go downstairs and eat my dinner now (hungry emoticon!)

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CakeNinja · 03/12/2015 16:55

Arrhhhhh I never knew nipples fell off Hmm
Arf at jelly tot!
Glad the dummy was a success, all 3 of mine had them and we didn't have any trouble getting rid of them either.
I used shields with dd2 and my nephew was about 4 at the time. He knocked on my boob for some reason and was so shocked they clunked, I was nicknamed Roboboobs for a little while Grin

elf0508 · 03/12/2015 16:58

Dummies are hard to give up.. not really. My 17 month old has been without his for five weeks now. You'd never know he had it 24/7

Ahardmanisgoodtofind · 03/12/2015 17:05

Im jealous, I've been trying to get dd to take a dummy since about 8 weeks (20now). She wakes in the night just to latch and fall straight asleep but getting her back in her cot and stay asleep is a nightmare.lucky you op!

AngelicCurls · 03/12/2015 19:37

Am liking all the dummy love here!

Fingers crossed it works tonight as well so I can go downstairs and have Wine and Cake !

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Canyoudomegreaterharm · 03/12/2015 19:51

Thank god it's not just me! DS was a sucky baby and a piece of my nipple fell off!

Not the whole thing, just a bit, I was so sleep deprived I was pretty blasé about it I think I asked a health visitor if it would grow back?

No one else I know ever had it happen to them.

DS wouldn't take a dummy and it was harder to night wean him off me than it was to take the dummy from DD

Pico2 · 03/12/2015 20:32

Canyou- did yours grow back too?

ofallthenerve · 03/12/2015 20:51

Oh lord! Poor you OP and your poor boob! Flowers for your boob and Cake for you. Embrace the dummy! Best things ever.

Canyoudomegreaterharm · 03/12/2015 22:24

Pico2 yes, it did thank god. It was like a little clump of nipple and it came off when I was rubbing lansinoh cream in!

It left a hole but it healed up OK, my DH was horrified!

Anyone else I have told has said they have never heard of it before so I am glad it is not just me with falling apart nipples

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