Hello all,
My DS has had a chipped front tooth, the one next to the left front tooth, for weeks. It's now chipped off in such a way that it's like a little talon, and every time he feeds (and he is a boob monster, let me tell you), it hurts like hell because the sharp little nub of tooth pierces my nipple. We've also had some biting incidents, the last one drew blood because of the sharp chipped tooth.
Normally it's okay because I work during the day so the nipples have time to recover, but we're going on holiday for two weeks = two weeks of unabated, anytime on-demand bf = AGONY!
I've gotten in touch with the dentist who will fix the tooth in January once we're back from holiday to see if maybe she can smooth it out in her offices, though I worry about how painful/traumatic that would be for DS. Barring that am looking for advice to lessen the pain. Have considered, perhaps, putting that wax that swimmers use in their ears on the tooth, just a little ball of it, to dull it, then removing it after a feed (if he'll let me do that), or using nipple shields, but to be honest I don't even know how those work because they were discouraged when bf was getting established at the beginning, the only other time I would have needed them, and that seems like forever ago.
HELP, please? TIA.