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As mothers we tend to make note of those precious milestones. We jot down dates for first smiles and holding those heads up. We call our mothers when the baby finally reaches up to us from their crib, and we grab camcorders to eternalize those first scoots around on the floor. We are so pleased and proud of our precious bumpkins as they drool endlessly, the first indicator that they are teething. "My baby is growing up" we proudly beam! But the euphoria is short lived for those of us who breastfeed that precious little one. The first bite is a big surprise. We hadn't before connected the gummy clamps and the nursing grins to what would become the greatest agony since childbirth. The pain rips through the breast all the way to the tips of each hair on our head. All ten toes curl back onto themselves and the left leg cramps on the back of the thigh. Every vertebre of the back pinches and slumps in surrender. With all the energy left, we clench our eyes and refrain from the initial impulse to pull that viper off our boob. As a tear gently rolls down our cheek onto the forehead of the innocent, dear hubby cocks his head to the side and asks, "you okay?" We nod as we suck back sobs. Doesn't she like me? we think to ourselves, why is she hurting me? I don't know...is the the next thought...if I can do this for a year. How many teeth will she have then? EIGHT...TEN!! And we stick a finger in the side of her mouth and pull down her lip to see the source of all this pain just to see a small, white, speck of a nub poking out of little pink gums.
Tags: Breastfeeding Teething Milestones 6 Months Pain
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