^ is what I've started calling DD, who at 16 weeks has developed the charming habit of smiling up at me during feeds, big, beautiful, emotional eye contact that fills my heart with joy and makes me feel like motherhood is the best gift i have ever received... and then biting down on my nipple as hard as she can. Followed by laughing hysterically (new skill, usually very cute) at my squeak of pain.
Intellectually i know she's not actually a psychopath, but it does feel a little bit like I'm being tortured emotionally and physically! I'm not sure I'll be able to keep breastfeeding if she keeps doing this, tbh. I tried the nipple shields i had when she was tiny, and she was having none of it.