10 month old - teeth hurting me

[Lenny]

Hi, me again (lol)
DS is 10 months old now and we have been problem free for a while! He now has his two bottom teeth and one and half top teeth. I am finding that while he is feeding his teeth are rubbing on my nipples and it kind of hurts a bit - it's pretty uncomfortable. He's not biting (He has bitten me a few times, but that's a whole other story), but it's almost like his teeth rest on my nipple and it sort of gets rubbed on them as he sucks. I hope that makes sense.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is there something I can do? Is it possibly something he will grow out of? It's actually quite off-puting, and, instead of just feeding without a second thought, i actually spend the whole feed on tenterhooks a bit.
TIA
Jo

[onthefly]

Experiment with different positions and holds. You've probably gotten a bit slack with good attachment etc by this stage and sometimes just paying closer attention will help. I found I had to sort of move DS in closer and over a bit... cannot describe any more helpfully than that, sorry. The ABA will have some good suggestions.
It can be quite ouchie We did manage to find a way around it...

[helle]

yep DS has this problem if he isn't attached properly or if i'm holding him wrong - i found it to be mostly to do with my hold tho, i'd moved over further one way...
Try moving, it might be just 1 cm difference is all it takes to stop it. also stuff as much of your boob in as you can ><;
breastfeeding with teeth is almost like learning to do it all over again, i reckon!
good luck, i'm sure you'll work it out

[Lenny]

You've probably gotten a bit slack with good attachment etc by this stage and sometimes just paying closer attention will help.

You cut me deep, Shrek
Ok, you are probably right. I'll pay more attention instead of keeping one eye on DS1 and one eye on the weather. I have ABA meeting next tuesday, hopefully i have it sorted by then. They are used to me complaining each month about my problems!

[Shanti]

That happened to me when DD was exactly this age! Not only did we go through a terrible biting stage (lasting 2 weeks, every feed she'd bite me so hard!!) but we also had the new teeth coming through and she'd use me to teeth on! It will pass... promise you! Just take him off, and re-attach him and tell him 'gentle' every time... it seemed to work for DD. Good luck.

[kelebek]

This also happened to me everytime DS got new teeth, it's like he was sucking slightly differently and holding is mouth in a slightly different way and my nipples had to get use to it. I also agree with positioning and need to remember that they are getting bigger too so we have to adjust our holds for all of that. Concentrate on having as much boob in as possible, face flat to your chest (HTMS) and don't be afraid to detach and reattach.

soon enough he will have all his teeth and you won't have to worry