Ouch! I have had an open wound on one nipple that kept opening when ds was about six weeks old (was from my toddler who I was also feeding). I tried to rest it as much as I could by just feeding on the other side (I only offer one breast per feed). I had to hand express for comfort a few times and I did feed from it but just resting it a bit helped. I think I just fed from it once or twice in a 24 hour period for a few days and in the meantime lathered it in lanolin. After a few days my other boob had a bigger supply but once the other nipple healed I started by offering that breast and eventually they evened back up.
Milk supply is elastic. Feed less, you make less, feed more and you make more. When my baby was 10.5 mnths old he was having 2 feeds per day.
When he was 4.5 years old he was having 2 feeds per day. in between he was having 3, 4, 5, 6 feeds per day. If you think it;s infected, go to the dr for a prescription of something like kennacomb creme
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