Hi guys Wanted to join in. Looking forward to hearing about all of your BFing experience and share mine with you too.

We had a surprisingly rough start to bf but we are going strong now. My only bugbear is that we are still using a nipple shield. At first it was out of necessity, but now it seems DD has a bit of a reliance on it and won't take my nipple without it. I'm not really sure how I can go about getting her off it (if at all). I try her on my boob without it at the start of most feeds, and sometimes midway if she's particularly hungry. Any ideas?