Challenging nursing behavior

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BuntyCollocks · 21/05/2013 22:22

Dd is 20 weeks (time has flown!), and in the last few days has been a nightmare to nurse.

She has developed a bad habit of pushing on my breast with her top hand, whilst arching her head away for maximum pain for me!

The milk is there. I have tried hand expressing so she's not getting impatient for a let down. She generally does it after let down, though, once it's getting more to a comfort feed rather than actively feeding.

I have just replaced boob with dummy as she was doing it a lot there, and she's fallen asleep almost instantly.

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BuntyCollocks · 22/05/2013 06:05

Tell a lie - she's just woken and has done it the while way through the feed :/

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Eskino · 22/05/2013 06:12

Is she teething?

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BuntyCollocks · 22/05/2013 06:56

I think so - everything is constantly in her mouth, fingers and getting gnawed, and I think I can feel the tip of a bottom incisor.

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ellangirl · 22/05/2013 13:10

My dd did this, I got mastitis around the same time due to getting blocked ducts. She just wasn't feeding effectively. I put it down to teething, and it sorted itself out. A week or two later the behaviour stopped and it was pain free again.

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BuntyCollocks · 22/05/2013 16:50

Good to know its probably teething related, but I hope it goes sooner than a couple of weeks. She's driving me nuts!

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ellangirl · 23/05/2013 14:46

Did I say weeks? I meant days. Definitely only a couple of days. Maybe

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