20 month old relentlessly BFing at night

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and on only one breast. I'm so sore. I'm seriously considering giving her a dummy! She screams blue murder if I refuse her the breast or offer her milk in a cup instead. Aaaaargh.

Any tips, please?

Sorry, no tips, just comiseration...dd (11.5 months) is the same. Sadly I've tried offering a dummy but she won't go for it... Watching this thread with interest (and hope!)

Is this new for your DD or has she been at it awhile now?

send in dh?

only a phase, only a phase...

She's 20 months.

She won't have DH. Screams blue murder when he goes in with a bottle of milk.

She also screams blue murder if I try to put her back in her cot instead of in our bed.

I only want her not to feed so very much all the time at night. It's like she's depending on me for sustenance which she's not because she eats well during the day.

DD rules our house! which I wouldn't mind so much if I wasn't so sore! This extended bfing malarky isn't always so easy.

I have a 22 month old one of those I have no idea how it will end!

hmm - dh never offers milk, only songs and rocking (too much faff to go down two floors to fridge, find cup, microwave etc)

dd (16m) usually settles for him eventually but not as fast as on the boob

is ti worth trying to improve her latch just so it's less painful? They do latch differently once older, with teeth etc and sometimes you have to adjust how you're holding her to get it back to 'normal' again.

Also sympathies. Mine (19 months) has been doing this since birth, and mostly on the eczema-y side for the last two months shudders. He claims to not know when he is chewing (he chews on the end to get milk during the night) so we've been falling out a smidge over it with pure exasperation on both sides...

Two things that seem to have helped though are making sure he is properly awake before trying to latch him onto the other side (as I manage to explain then that mummy is too owie to feed on that side) and at its worst soreness, curling him up on my lap to change the angle that the teeth scrape on the nipple.

Wee one is always worse with chewing on his favourite side when teething or if he has wind, though you've probably ruled these out already? Calpol worked wonders on some occasions to eliminate pain for him (and me!).

Hope it subsides for you and you get less pain soon!

Give dummy. What is there to think about? Save your sanity, woman