Teeth

[MamaMel]

can teeth cause pain while nursing laying down

[Kimmomy2dom]

In you or the baby? LOL

[Sarah]

Taci just got her first two teeth and she seemed to be in pain when I tried to nurse her laying down.

[MamaMel]

the baby silly

she wont let me nurse her to sleep for the past few nights and when she wakes up in the middle of the night she wont nurse much

[betty_joanne]

Originally Posted by WearingTaci Taci just got her first two teeth and she seemed to be in pain when I tried to nurse her laying down.

Not to hijack here but um i think my dog is in your avator. Well, not really. My dog is in the room with me

[betty_joanne]

Is she parallel to you when nursing? If i nurse dd while on my back i have her parallel to me(facing me while laying next to me) and i let her head rest on my upper arm. I don't know if nursing this way would bother the teeth unless her jaw is sore and pressure on it from laying on your arm hurts her.
I don't know how people nurse laying down other than what my dd does. My dd has 6(yes, i said 6) teeth all coming through her gums(at different stages) at the moment. She doesn't seem to care how i nurse her as long as she gets to nurse.

[mama23boys]

you know what thats good question!! i never put 2 and 2 together. LOL when joe was getting his bottom teeth for like 3/4 nights he wouldnt nurse to sleep he sat on my lap with his back to my belly and we rocked/bounced to sleep.

[Mommy2JJ]

Hmmmm I guess every baby can be different.....I think Jackson nurses more when he is teething, but he is a comfort feeder and always has been with his tummy/reflux issues.

[Lmakes5]

Yes there is most definitely a connection. Laying down as well as nursing can be painful for teething babies. I don't remember why w/the laying down, but w/nursing it is the suction that causes the pain while teething.

[sheandaru]

My ds hates side-lying when he's teething, too. Thankfully, that's his only teething "symptom," other than the buckets o' drool, of course.