My 7mo DD is ebf. This has been going very well and still is, mostly. I feed her to sleep and we co sleep. She won't go to sleep without the boob. I've tried the ncss and various other gentle approaches but she just gets upset and is very wilful. I'm not good with the crying and especially not at bedtime when I'm tired. We've chosen the path of least resistance, have read various things, such as Isis and so pretty much ok with feeding to sleep / co sleeping. Usually she sleeps next to me from 8ish and I read / mn / chill out / drink tea. I usually really enjoy bedtimes. The problem we have now is that her two top teeth are through and when she's going to sleep and finished feeding, she sort of comfort sucks, and her teeth scrape my nipple. I don't get this sensation when she's feeding properly (I can tell the difference by the noise and the intensity of the suck). This is really, really hurting and leaving marks. I've had to take her off tonight as it was just too painful. She cried a lot and started rooting / pulling up on me / grabbing at me. We tried the pantley pull off again, for good measure, and that didn't work at all. DH and I ended up having an argument. She's now wide awake downstairs playing with him and I can hear that she's exhausted but there's lots of boisterous activity going on. I just needed a break, this will have consequences tomorrow though. Bedtimes are getting more fraught and I feel tired, angry and frustrated and this will lead into a vicious cycle. Tbh, I'm dreading them coming back upstairs too now. We've tried to make it all relaxing, have a good routine and she's generally a very happy girl. But I won't have her hurting me or causing bigger problems such as cracked nipples (I had a cracked nipple at 2 weeks and am not prepared to go back there!)
Feel at my wits end tonight. What can I do? Something has to change as this isn't working for any of us 