in April 2023 Babies 🇬🇧

Nipple pinching, toe in belly button rage

I love my baby girl, so much is just so beautiful, I love our little bond and our times snuggled up in our bed under my cover (supervised not asleep) just her staring with a massive smile at me But OH MY ACTUAL FUCKING GOD. Breastfeeding her to sleep in a side lying position.. I sleep naked for sensory reasons, god forbid my clothing gets twisted, but also my little girl will dig her toes into my trousers/knickers line constantly until she can rest them INSIDE my belly button 🤢 she also has like radar fingers for the nipple she isn't feeding from and will pinch and pinch no matter how much I hide/move/hold my nipple Shes now snoring away while I'm clenching my jaw.. big toe resting in belly button and one hand reaching out for that other nipple, eyes shut but she has accuracy! No matter how many times I move her hand or toes, hold them, guide them, they find their happy little spots. I'm waffling on, please tell me I'm not undiagnosed with sensory issues and that its normal to get triggered by these things

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I’m sure you can find a Reddit post on something similar so don’t worry about sounding crazy lol. If you are feeling all touched out then it’s understandable why you’re irritated by the contact your baby is making. Would you consider wearing a blouse and only exposing the breast she’s feeding on aka one at a time. Then when she has been put to bed then sleep in whatever style you prefer then? Regarding the bellybutton that’s a new one for me. I suppose it’ll only be temporary because before long she won’t be able to reach it as she’ll be too big to curl up like that whilst nursing 🤞🏾🤞🏾

Have you tried a breast feeding necklace?

I was like that when I was little and my mum complains till this day about it 🤷‍♀️

We bottle feed but my son grabs onto my nose and squeezes while feeding 😂

@Tee I genuinely can't stand my clothing being twisted or folded or anything or I would try wearing something to cover up more, we also bed share and she currently atleast appears to me to stay latched the whole night, she loves bringing her legs up to find it, but you have given me hope the belly button thing will end eventually! Thank you for that and the reddit cause I scoured through posts! @Kate I have just purchased a necklace from etsy, waiting on delivery in the next few days and hoping that ends the nipple grabbing @justyna do you guy have a great bond? Without picking apart or assuming theres no resentment at all in your relationship? @Chloe when I feed in any other position she does go for my nose, I just honk at her when she squeezes 🤣

My son is 2 years 7 months and still pinches my nipples and puts toes in belly button, he has sensory issues and has asd its his comfort to do it, it does annoy me like crazy and I myself have sensory issues I've also tried everything including the necklace.

My girl used to pinch and scratch me while feeding on my chest 😂I found it funny at first but then it got to the point of having scratches all over my chest no matter what I did her nails would grow really quickly x

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