https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 23:51:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-464956 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:44:54 +0000 pastemoo 464956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MerryC: Great news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-456551 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:46:18 +0000 runsyellowlites 456551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! That's great news!</p> <p>There are lots of things that can cause nursing strikes but usually if you can stick it out bebes will resume nursing in a few days or sometimes as long as a few weeks. It's rare for an infant under one to self wean, although many times these strikes can be interpreted as such. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-456522 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:28:42 +0000 brownie 456522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt like everytime he got teeth, I needed to teach him how to relatch. Now he is getting molars, but we are working on weaning anyways. Keep up the good work mama (I always found half asleep sessions were the best)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-456516 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:24:55 +0000 twinmama 456516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: she nursed last night for a long time before bed! hallelujah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-451079 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:42:33 +0000 twinmama 451079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks! Glad to know I'm not alone, at least. I'll keep offering and pumping for now, as I do really enjoy breastfeeding. Her brother should keep some milk flowing. She's not as tentative with the bottle the last few days, and has rooted on my chest a couple of times today, so hopefully she'll come around before too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-451071 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:35:37 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 451071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My girls often didn't want to nurse while cutting the first few teeth, I think the sucking hurt. But then they were back to nursing normally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-451052 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:01:10 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 451052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It happened for me. I kept offering, but she kept refusing, so I pumped until she was 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-451038 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:29:35 +0000 rachiecakes 451038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS didn't want ANYTHING when he was teething. He would accept a mesh teether with frozen mangoes and bananas but did not want a bottle or boob. It was totally nerve-wracking, I was so scared he was going to dehydrate (it was summer) I called the pediatrician.<br /> I work full time so I just pumped like crazy when I got home since I was pumping at work anyway but it was really hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-451006 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:32:29 +0000 pastemoo 451006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My local la leche league told me that this happens but if you tough it out they usually want to nurse again after a few days to a week.<br /> If you are done, it is cool to be done, but if you are enjoying breastfeeding you don't have to give up yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-stopped-nursing-when-she-got-teeth#post-450980 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:37:29 +0000 twinmama 450980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my 4.5 month old daughter got her two bottom teeth last week. Since the first one popped through, she won't nurse. She'll put her mouth on the breast if I offer, but it's like she forgot how to latch! She's been a champion nurser since the day she was born and almost always nursed to sleep for every nap and bedtime. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there anything I can do to encourage her to latch again? Once the pain of these two teeth subsides, is there any hope that she'll want to nurse again, or do you think she's done forever? I'm so sad.</p> <p>Both of my kids are mostly bottle fed, so it's not the end of the world, but I can definitely tell my (already low) supply has dropped over the week. I'm just trying to pump a few times a day for her, so she still gets a little breastmilk. </p>