Oh rainyrain, I envy your problem
I would love to have smaller areolas
Regarding the original question, I used to tape my nipples everytime in the first three months, but it got too tedious for me as well, bothersome, and I decided to just noogle without it and take my chances. I don't think my areolas have gotten permanently larger, however my nipples were previously flat, and nowadays they are coming out much more on their own
Which I welcome! I would just want smaller areolas. Since I can't do anything about that though, short of surgery, I'm just hoping that as the breasts grow, my areolas will look smaller in comparison.