In the last 48 hours DD has decided to totally refuse my breasts and they are killing me!!!
She has 4 teeth already (top 2 and bottom 2) and we think she is getting more as she has been so miserable and clingy all week. She started to bite on my nipple whilst feeding this week too, and after a couple of days of this when I worked out that she thought it was a game - laughing at me and waiting for a reaction, I started to be quite firm with her and take her off the breast. Now I think I may have adversely caused her to not want it anymore.
Everytime I go to feed her (no matter what position or what time of day/night) she now strains, pulls away and starts to scream and cry. To make it worse I have offered her a bottle and she almost refuses that too. In the past 24 hours she has barely drunk 120mls of bottle and none from my breast. She is also barely drinking any water either.
She is happy to eat tho and is gulping down her food.
What do I do next? Do I just accept that she is self-weaning or do I persist. I have been expressing both with a hand expresser and in the shower to give myself some relief as my breasts are so so sore.
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