Teething at 2mths: only breast will comfort & I'm running dry!?

My baby is 9 weeks old and these past few days I think she's starting teething. My problem is that I'm breastfeeding and it seems to be the only thing soothing her - but I'm running out of milk fast! I was talked into letting her try a dummy/pacifier this week and she loved it but gets distressed sometimes with it, especially when it falls out - she gets so distrssed I can't get her to take it again.


Now she's confused when I'm trying to introduce a bottle because I'm out of milk - she thinks the bottle is a dummy and plays with it for a second then screams the house down until I put her back on the breast. She outright refuses anything but my breast when she's distressed and I'm totally exhausted after 2 days.


Is it normal for teething babies to do this? I'm reading they go off food. Can I help her somehow? She's otherwise fine phsyically - just really irritable, not sleeping as normal and will not settle with a dummy or bottle. thanks a lot for any advice!

Teething at 2mths: only breast will comfort %26amp; I'm running dry!?
You can't really run out of milk... it might take a few days for your milk supply to adjust to this increase in demand, but it should catch up. At nine weeks it is much more probable that your daughter is going through a growth spurt than teething so it is important to continue nursing on demand so that you continue to produce enough milk to meet her needs. She'll probably go through similar spurts at 3 and 6 months.





It is challenging to get through these days, but things will settle back down into a more managable schedule soon enough. That being said... if you have just feed her and and she is still fussy immediately following the feeding there could be something else going on.





Its not uncommon for a breastfed baby to refuse bottles, my son did. Keep trying. It's especially helpful during growth spurts to be able to have someone else take over a feeding by giving your little some expressed milk. Good luck! Hang in there! :o)
Reply:there are bottles shaped like breasts they are fat bottles with a very big nipple!!you could also try baby oragel
Reply:If sucking comforts the baby, let her suck, you will only produce more milk, not less. She could be suffering from nipple confusion. Some babies get so used to the breast nipple, they refuse any thing else. It may be frustrating, but she may be attached to you continuously until her discomfort eases. Don't worry, you won't run dry (unless you slow down or discontinue breastfeeding)
Reply:You shouldn't' t be running out of milk if you're nursing that often... Breastfeeding is supply and demand-- the more you nurse, the more milk you produce.





I've never heard of a baby teething at 9 weeks... A baby does tend to cry alot around that age. I'd probably keep trying the binkey, just so you can have a break. Does she cry more in the evening? If so, it might be colic.





I'm sorry you're so worn out! Try not to worry and to get as much rest as you can!





Good luck!!
Reply:i agree with lauren you prob think you dont have any more milk but if she is not making her hungry cry (my son has crys for diffent things) then she should be okay.
Reply:DON'T give a bottle -- that will send your breasts the message that they don't need to make as much milk.





BUT if you are nursing on demand -- no bottles, no formula, nursing directly and not pumping, not timing feeds -- YOU WILL MAKE ENOUGH MILK!





'Not enough milk' is not really a problem outside of our species at this point in history. Women who didn't have easy access to formula, and other mammals? They made enough milk. Plenty of women _think_ they don't make enough -- and turn to formula, and presto, they really don't make enough. But they did and would have continued to do so.





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Your breasts may feel soft and not "full," but that is NOT an indication that there isn't enough milk in there. Your baby might nurse incessantly, but -- ditto. Ditch the bottles, offer your breast instead of a dummy, and relax!