by Brandi Riley posted in Pregnancy

Breastfeeding my children has been one of the most satisfying parts of motherhood for me. When my daughter was a baby, I would gaze into her eyes and stroke her face as she nursed. Those sessions made me fall even more in love with her than I was before.
Nursing my son" Especially now that he has four very sharp, very dangerous, very scary little teeth" It's very much what I imagine trying to feed a crocodile is like. First, there's the wrestling him into position. Then, I carefully get him to latch on without his little chompers maiming me. Once he's eating, I have to keep a strong grip on him so he doesn't jerk back suddenly, taking half of my breast with him.

When he first started getting teeth at around 6 months, he thought my reaction to him biting me was hilarious. Since I'm not planning to stop nursing him anytime soon, and since I know he's only going to get more teeth, I learned a few tricks to save myself and my nipples from the tiny teeth of terror. Lanolin
I was spoiled with  my daughter. I had one tube of lanolin that I maybe used three times during my first week of breastfeeding. She was so gentle on the breast that I didn't need to use it ever again. This time around, I've had to use it almost constantly. It's a huge help for tender, gnawed-on nipples. I found that it helps my nipples to heal faster any time my son breaks the skin with an accidental biting.

Frozen nipple pads
I have found that freezing my boob...