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Hmmm. Is it possible that he just doesn't realize he can nurse without it? Have you tried nursing him when he's asleep or drowsy to sort of trick him into it?

It's like you're talking about my LO... I tried to wean off of it but I gave up. He's much happier now... Sometimes he loves to hold it when he's done nursing and he licks it and rubs it in his face and he sometimes puts his thumb in and puts it in his mouth... Right now he's asleep and is holding it in his fist...

No advice but look on the bright side... maybe it'll be a good thing when he starts teething? I'd love to have something between lo's teeth and my nips!

Lo is 5 months and I am so bad at weaning off the shield! Sometimes she will nurse without it but other times she wails and arches her back if I try to get her to latch w/o it. I really need to wean off of it bc my supply is low and I think it is part of the problem, but it's so hard my nips are flat too unless I'm really engorged or she's already been nursing for awhile

@nana87: Hope not to threadjack but maybe these nipple formers would help: http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/products/592/softshells (the ones with the smaller hole in them). They helped me a lot and once he got used to latching without a shield onto my preformed nipple we were able to ditch those too!

@Danizaur: Keeping my FX weaning off the shield is successful for you. It worked out for us but it took a lot of patience on my part. I've found that introducing new things worked best when he was really sleepy like at the MOTN feeds (not sure whether or not you still have those though).