Nursing your toddler
Nursing your toddler can be quite fun.Especially when they have a special word for it and can ask for it.And then there are the times, when they want you to breastfeed their favurite toy,in our case it's the monkey I've written about.It's really lovely.
However there are difficult times as well.
Right now we're going through such a phase.
D. has began to play with the opposite nipple! She squeezes it, pinches it,twiddles it and it really hurts, even though her nails are trimmed short.
All mammals do this instinctively as they want to increase the milk flow.
I'm sorry but I really can't stand it whether it's for the milk flow or for another reason.
I searched the internet and came across this link on Kellymom:
Nursing Manners
My understanding is that it's better if you can discard such behavior early on, before it turns into a habit.
I read about a mom on MDC. She let her child twiddle the nipple,she wasn't disturbed by it. One year later, she is pregnant now and has very sensitive nipples and doesn't know how to convince the child not to do it. A really difficult situation, me thinks!
It is suggested that we should give the child something else to play with.
I thought that a teat would be nice ;) We have a bottle that we use when I express my milk ( in reality we only used it a few times!)
Defne is very happy playing with it during the feeding times. And then she discovered other uses for it as well: It becomes a nice hat for the monkey! Naughty girl!






