Jillian - posted on 11/04/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )
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so my daughter cut her first tooth today and already my nipples are sore from it. do your nipples just get used to the teeth rubbing against them or is there some way a can change her latch. i have been putting expressed breastmilk and lanolin on them, is there something else i can do?
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Jillian - posted on 11/04/2009
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i paid a little more attention to it and it usually only hurts at the end, i think once she gets full she relaxes her latch and just uses it as a pacifier. this is when her new tooth is rubbing, hmm okay thank you for the help
Tiffany - posted on 11/04/2009
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My son bit me one time, but it was because he was falling asleep. I never had a problem with teeth. My nursing 7 month old has two teeth and i havnt felt them once. but htey are on the bottom so her tongue is laying over them when she eats. I don't think they should be rubbing u like that. I don't have any advice sorry, i'm guessing it's her latch. Good luck in finding a solution!
Kathy - posted on 11/04/2009
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http://www.kellymom.com/newman/03a-sore_...
This is a great article on sore nipples. I hope it helps :)
"Sore nipples are usually due to one or both of two causes. Either the baby is not positioned and latched properly, or the baby is not suckling properly, or both. However, babies learn to suck properly by getting milk from the breast when they are latched on well. (They learn by doing). Thus, “suck” problems are often caused by poor latching on. Fungal infection (due to Candida albicans) may also cause sore nipples. The soreness caused by poor latching and ineffective suckling hurts most as you latch the baby on and usually improves as the baby nurses. The pain from the fungal infection goes on throughout the feed and may continue even after the feed is over. Women describe knifelike pain from the first two causes. The pain of the fungal infection is often described as burning, but may not have this character. A new onset of nipple pain when feedings had previously been painless is a tip off that the pain may be due to a yeast infection, but the pain may be superimposed on pain due to other causes. Cracks may be due to a yeast infection. Dermatologic conditions may also cause late onset nipple pain. There are several other causes of sore nipples."
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