DD is 10.5 months, I fed DS till 12 months and wanted to do the same with her. she's on 2 feeds a day, eats loads of solid food and is slowly but surely cutting down on BF. she is not addicted to the breast and goes to sleep fine without it. recently she was teething and I got mastitis from suddenly feeding her loads to comfort her, then she got these MASSIVE front teeth. for the last week she's been digging in with them, she basically holds on to the breast with her teeth while sucking. I can't stop her doing it, I've tried different positions like lying down, rugby hold, tried getting more of the breast in her mouth etc, but she just clamps on. She knows I'm upset and comes off and cries, but doesn't understand why. So I now haven't fed her for 24 hours and have given her cows' milk and some follow on milk I bought in desperation. she eats so much, including cheese sauces, yoghurts etc, she doesn't really need to drink great volumes of actual milk. but now I feel very upset as it's crunch point, if I let it go any longer I will have stopped bf. My DH says what's the big deal, it's a difference of 5 weeks from when I wanted to stop anyway, but I do feel upset. I'm not really willing to start getting the breast pump out etc, she's only having 10 mins in morning and 20 in evening, it just feels a bit sudden!
does anyone have any great tips for stopping the teeth thing?
much appreciated!