I posted before with breastfeeding difficulties and got some really good advice so here I am again. I always thought once you got breastfeeding up and running that would be the end of the challenges but I was wrong!
My baby turns 6 months next week and we have gently introduced some finger foods for the past couple of weeks. He is consuming a little bit. He has also had his. bottom since about 4.5 months.
My baby has always had a preference for one side as it has a faster flow but this past couple of weeks this has become outright refusal. Usually he will happily accept it when sleepy or overnight but even during night feeds he isn't having it. I've had to trick him by moving him across when he's sleepy and keeping him in the same position. This doesn't always work and I'm having to pump for comfort once a day.
He is sometimes biting me when I offer it to him. But now he is biting the other side too instead of latching on. I will take him off and he usually will latch on correctly.
I had good advice from the breastfeeding helpline that it is okay to feed from one side only. So I may have to just stop fighting to get him on that boob. But the biting! It is making me very anxious before feeds. I'm sure my baby senses this.
Those who have experienced this - what did you do? Did it pass? I'm really not ready to stop breastfeeding. It makes me feel extremely upset that this could be the end for us. But I am finding it difficult to cope with the biting and am finding myself worrying about his top teeth coming in.