nipple twiddle solutions please

[Honeydragon]

have 14 month twiddler, particularly when tired. Remove hand but it drifts back.

Baby straitjacket not a option ...she'd only escape and twiddle

Thankyou

My DS is only 18 weeks so we are more at the scratching my chest til it bleeds loving strokey stage so I can't be much help. A fake boob?

- it drives me mad, she manages to get her hand in whatever I do... she can't help herself either.

I had this with ds1 and it drove me mad. I keep the other one hidden with ds2 and he hasn't developed a twiddling habit. Not sure that helps you though.....

With ds1 I just eventually clamped down with my arm on the other boob and kept saying no until he stopped. He ocassionally got the better of me though

Mine manages to get stuck in and twiddle the one he is feeding from sometimes

Takes me rather by surprise I must say

Have taken to holding his hand while I feed him

Ooh, my 7 month old is a twiddler too! A breastfeeding necklace has helped during the day.

Both mine did/do this, despite being wise to it by child 2. I was determined not to let him develop a twiddling habit, but he seems equally determined to do the opposite. Drives me barmy, and I often warn him it will spell the end of feeding (17 months). We mostly feed lying down so tuck the spare either under me or under my upper arm IYSWIM. He still manages to get in though - even the bottom one. If he can't get access he pinches the bits of skin he can get at, which is almost worse.

Someone remind me why I am still doing this???

Probably not what you wanted to hear OP. Have you heard of nursing necklaces?

I'm hoping to get one of these for my birthday.

Leningrad

yy I do all of the above yet she still succeeds! Have been looking at nursing necklaces but

a. do they really work?

b. do they all look like something from the under fives bargain bin in Claires Accessories?

Bumperlicious

they are lovely but dd would snap it in a heart beat, I think.

Maybe I should get a motorbike chain with beads on?

I got a cheaper one, it isn't that pretty but it is apparently tested to toy standards so won't break etc. I think the one I have claims to withstand 200lb pressure before snapping.

oooh Rita, where from?

I also have a 14 month old twiddler. No idea how to stop it though.

It was from Lait D'Amour off ebay - I think it was about a tenner.

Honeydragon I have one of these that I bought with DD1 which I no longer use. I've been meaning to ebay it but you could have it for a fiver if you wanted it. It's made with a thick string. It's got green and purple beads.

bugger! they're the ones I got bought from the girls at work and dd broke , otherwise I'd have taken up your kind offer Bumperlicious.

I am feeling strangely better to know I am not alone in the twiddling suffering though , oh and that its ok to find it really annoying!

She broke it?! Your poor nipples! What about just a single pendant on a leather string? Or a muslin?

She has a blanket, but doesn't seem to like faff. I might try buying some leather thong from ebay and plaiting it to make it stronger and a pendants a good idea too.

Bumper ...thankfully she doesn't pull as hard on my nipples, but the last time she inadvertently snapped a necklace I got rope burn

She snapped a Lait D'Amour one? That is very worrying! I've been letting ds pull and bite on it due to the 200lb thing.

Yes I think so, it was purchased on eBay and looked like the sweet one. She has also broken a rope chain I had too so I wouldn't worry yet - she used to literally hang of them. I haven't worn a necklace in months now - as I like the ones I do have.

I don't think the necklace was at fault more my daughter

I never found a solution with ds1 as his habit was deeply engrained. I did tell him when he was 3.5yo that nipple twiddling would get him chucked off. Not in those words of course... I was pg and couldn't bear it any longer.

Ds2's wee hand is drifting over to start with the twiddling, but I am not letting him start. I either hold his hand or make sure my other nipple is inaccessable.

Sorry, no help to you at all!!

I wear high necked tops and cover the nonfeeding boob with my arm.now DS removes hand when I say 'hand' but he's 3.9 so it's a little easier. DD wasn't such a problem but again I remind her and cover the boob.

Oh God. Have just Googled 'nipple twiddling' and look where I ended up. :(

sorry for bumping but maybe this could become a 4am support thread? Or or maybe I will sew her into a pair of gardening gloves :)

and some of your children are nearly 4. I was hoping it would be over before she is 1. I can't take three more years of this :(

Hi. No help but my DD (16 months) has started this quite recently and its getting really irritating! Nice to see other people with the same problem. Now she's a bit older she's quite fascinated with my breasts and loves to pull up or down my top and practically dive in! Quite funny as long as I can restrain her in public. Not so good in church..