lovemybub
05-09-2006, 23:53
I'm posting this here, because I figure APs are more likely to have had this problem as I have it mainly when we're co-sleeping.
We co-sleep with our DD (10 months on Saturday) and our usual go-to-sleep routine is to have a feed and then we lie in bed together while she goes to sleep. Sometimes she wants me to cuddle her, but more often than not she is happy to just lie beside me with me humming to her.
But no matter which one she feels like, she always has to be touching my face. Now, I wouldn't have a problem with this if she was gentle, but unfortunately she doesn't know her own strength and ends up pulling and scratching my face. And she has a particularly preoccupation with my mouth and is constantly pulling my lips, and even scratching my gums with her nails. I have tried putting my hand over my mouth, or just holding her hands near my face, but she's not happy unless she's mauling me, basically. It's slightly more bareable when I've managed to cut her nails, but she doesn't let me do that very often, and you can't usually cut them short enough anyway.
Has anyone else had this problem? I really don't mind her touching my face. In fact, it's kind of sweet, but I end up with really sore lips and gums :eek:
We co-sleep with our DD (10 months on Saturday) and our usual go-to-sleep routine is to have a feed and then we lie in bed together while she goes to sleep. Sometimes she wants me to cuddle her, but more often than not she is happy to just lie beside me with me humming to her.
But no matter which one she feels like, she always has to be touching my face. Now, I wouldn't have a problem with this if she was gentle, but unfortunately she doesn't know her own strength and ends up pulling and scratching my face. And she has a particularly preoccupation with my mouth and is constantly pulling my lips, and even scratching my gums with her nails. I have tried putting my hand over my mouth, or just holding her hands near my face, but she's not happy unless she's mauling me, basically. It's slightly more bareable when I've managed to cut her nails, but she doesn't let me do that very often, and you can't usually cut them short enough anyway.
Has anyone else had this problem? I really don't mind her touching my face. In fact, it's kind of sweet, but I end up with really sore lips and gums :eek: