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Bottle-feeding babies hard on your nipples?

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My babies were mostly breastfed until a couple weeks ago, when I started feeding them expressed milk in bottles during the day, to prepare for going back to work. I went back to work last Monday.

Since I started the bottles, I notice that the babies are sucking way harder on my nipples when they breastfeed. And now my nipples kill.

I can't eliminate the possibility that they're coincidentally starting to teethe, but I really don't see any other signs of that. Their latches look the same to me--still fine.

Did this happen to you? If so, what did you do? 

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Re: Bottle-feeding babies hard on your nipples?

  • Matthan2bMatthan2b

    I gave my DD a bottle once a day since birth to prepare her for the time when I would go back to work, and it has worked out fine. However I did notice about a week after I went back to work my nips were more sensitive than before. I think it is because there's less "conditioning" being done by your LO's now that they aren't BF as much. It does get better though. It lasted about 2 weeks before I noticed it wasn't as intense. I hold my breast when I nurse now though, not sure how but it does help lol...they get heavy!
    I'm willing to bet it isn't teething, you'd really feel it then! Just try to nurse whenever you can to keep your nips "tough"
    GL!

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