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Coping with teeth!
Hi ladies
Lyvi is 6 months old and has her first tooth and a second on the way, peaking through.
Before she cut her first tooth (but when they were obviously moving down and troubling her) she would clamp down on my nipple and drag it through her gums - I thought that was painful but it's nothing compared to the pain when she does it now she has a tooth!! OWWW
It is so, so, so painful and I actually feel really nervous whilst feeding now (
She seems to do it at the end of a feed once she's finished feeding and just wants to soothe her gums I guess. How can I deal with this/is there anything I can do to help? I've tried putting teething gel on her gums 5 - 10 mins before a feed and it doesn't seem to help much.
I don't want to just take her off when she starts doing it, assuming she's finished, because she's so tiny as it is that I don't want to risk cutting her feeds short.
Please tell me it gets better once the teeth are through more!?!? It's like a little razor blade in there....
Love NN and Olyvia xxx
Lyvi is 6 months old and has her first tooth and a second on the way, peaking through.
Before she cut her first tooth (but when they were obviously moving down and troubling her) she would clamp down on my nipple and drag it through her gums - I thought that was painful but it's nothing compared to the pain when she does it now she has a tooth!! OWWW
It is so, so, so painful and I actually feel really nervous whilst feeding now (
She seems to do it at the end of a feed once she's finished feeding and just wants to soothe her gums I guess. How can I deal with this/is there anything I can do to help? I've tried putting teething gel on her gums 5 - 10 mins before a feed and it doesn't seem to help much.
I don't want to just take her off when she starts doing it, assuming she's finished, because she's so tiny as it is that I don't want to risk cutting her feeds short.
Please tell me it gets better once the teeth are through more!?!? It's like a little razor blade in there....
Love NN and Olyvia xxx
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