Nine-day-old baby clamping hard

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Hi

My DS is nine days old. BFing is going great, but in the last day, he's started to clamp on my nipples so hard it is making me wince. Is this a bad latch, something I need to change? Or just harden up? I believe he is feeding well - his weight was good when he was weighed a few days ago, and his nappies are as to be hoped for.

Thanks!

No real advice from me, but I remember DS doing the same in the early days. I used to take a deep breath and brace myself! I can tell you that it didn't last long and bf in general does get a lot more comfortable.

Good Luck and Congratulations

Oh good! Thank you very much. Hopefully it's just a short-term thing. He was fine for a week!

And thanks re the congrats! :)

my dd did this in first few days... generally it was she was falling asleep and then clamping down as the nipple started slipping. thankfully it stopped after a couple of weeks.