My nipple was bitten by my baby. How can I heal it quickly?

Many breastfeeding mothers have experienced an embarrassing and painful thing, that is, when feeding the baby, the baby uses too much force or starts to teethe, and the mother's nipple is bitten. Because of breastfeeding, this kind of injury heals slowly, and there are also concerns that wound infection will affect the baby's body, which puts mothers in a dilemma. Today, let's discuss the problem of how to deal with this common nipple bite.

1. Hydrogen peroxide cleaning: If the nipple has been bitten by the baby, you can try using hydrogen peroxide to clean the damaged area of ​​the nipple, which is very effective. Since the microbial flora in the baby's mouth may affect wound repair, it is recommended to disinfect with hydrogen peroxide after each breastfeeding. Hydrogen peroxide is very safe and economical. The dissolved substances after disinfection are just CO2 and water, which is non-irritating to babies and mothers. Moreover, after using it, it is not as painful as imagined, just a little bit of mild stinging pain.

2. Control the baby's feeding time: The nipples are prone to cracking due to long-term exposure to the baby's saliva, so each breastfeeding time should not be too long, generally 15 to 20 minutes is best; and do not let the baby fall asleep with the nipple in his mouth. Regularly changing the position can appropriately change the position where the baby is held during breastfeeding, and changing the position where the baby is held during breastfeeding can disperse the baby's sucking force on the nipple and around the nipple, reducing the pressure in one area.

3. When cleaning the nipples, do not use alkaline soaps, detergents or apply harmful plant oils.

4. Improve feeding methods: Improve the baby's sucking posture and continue to feed the baby exclusively with breast milk. You can start by feeding from the breast that does not hurt. When the feeding posture improves, the pain will generally improve immediately and the cracks will heal quickly.

5. During the intervals between feedings, expose the affected nipple to air and sunlight as much as possible.

6. Leave a drop of hind milk on the nipple after each weaning to help the nipple skin heal.

7. Sometimes, after improving the sucking posture, the pain still persists, or because of breast swelling, the baby cannot get enough milk, which will cause milk stagnation to worsen. Therefore, the milk needs to be squeezed out before the dryness and cracks heal.

8. When nipple fissures occur, breastfeeding mothers should pay more attention to maintenance and pay attention to local hygiene to prevent infection and inflammation. You can first use warm water to clean the cracked part of the nipple, and then apply 10% fish oil bismuth, or spinosad benzoin tincture, or grind equal parts of the Chinese medicinal materials phellodendron and white peony root into powder, mix with sesame oil or pure honey, and apply evenly to the wound. Before breastfeeding, the medicine should be washed off and the nipple should be protected with a nipple shield or sterilized gauze.

The above are the solutions to nipple biting. Mothers who have this problem can try to solve it in the above way. It is not easy to persist in breastfeeding. Broken nipples are one of the problems. Generally, this problem is caused by incorrect feeding posture. The best way to solve this problem is to master the correct breastfeeding posture, avoid empty sucking of the baby, and remove the nipple immediately after the baby finishes feeding to avoid forming a bad habit.