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13 month old DS is a nipple obsessive...

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lurcherlover · 20/11/2011 20:59

...and it's getting a bit embarrassing. I went back to work 4 days a week when he was 10 months but still bf on demand when I am at home with him (at nursery he drinks milk or water from a cup quite happily). However, he constantly puts his hands down my top to grab at my nipples whenever I pick him up and often toddles over to me to have a quick feel! I feel I am constantly pulling his hands out of my bra, which doesn't look nice in public (he's quite big for a one-year-old) and he's started doing it to other women when they cuddle him too, which is a bit embarrassing. I know he's doing it for comfort (he also wants to bf for comfort during the day, not for milk, which I would also like to stop a bit now), but how can I stop him doing it? I've tried telling him "Mummy doesn't like that" and removing his hands, but he is very persistent and we just struggle against each other which ends in him getting frustrated and upset, which I don't want. My Mum has suggested it might be time to stop feeding (very politely, and I'm not cross with her as she completely supports bf and only suggested it because the constant nipple twiddling is bothering me now). I don't want to stop bf yet just because of this, so is there any way to teach him that Mummy's boobies are not at his constant disposal as play items?!

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dribbleface · 20/11/2011 21:32

i can't offer much help but as a nursery nurse lot's of the babies do this- ever wondered why nursery staff uniforms usually have a high neck Wink, staff won't bat an eye lid and will just distract and remove hands!

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