breast feeding issue 🥲

my 4 month old is now starting to teeth. ofc he has a favorite boob which happens to be the left, that nipple is super swollen and sore from him biting me. it’s sore to the touch and painful for him to latch on to me. the milk leaking is even painful as well, but not as painful as when i had a breast infection but it’s just the nipple . he hates bottles and gets fussy on the opposite side bc the milk doesn’t come out as fast/steady. anyone else dealing with a similar issue?

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Maybe get him some teething toys so he can teeth on thoose and stop using you as one! You can also use a clean finger. Maybe that will duffrenciate teething time and feeding time for the baby. So when he really is hungry he will just be focused on drinking and not biting

He's going to have to get used to the bottle. Don't give him the option to refuse. May cause some fuss but let him cry it out a little & then keep bringing the bottle back. Eventually he will be too hungry & tired of crying to not take the bottle. Don't give in, it can work.

Teething toys but when he bites now shove his face into ur boob this will cause him to naturally release to try to breath through his mouth then lift him up say no bite and set him down. After a little bit u can try nursing again and each time he bites down repeat this and he will likely stop biting after a few times. My son it only took a few times before he got the message to not bite. He learned if he bite then he didn’t get to continue to nurse

wow thanks i’ll make sure i try this ! my first reaction was screaming 😹

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