Advice needed nursing strike/weaning

[Morgan]

Help!! My eight and a half month old dd has stopped feeding in the last day . Before thisshe was only having two feeds a day am and bedtime, which was a good 30 mins. All of a sudden last night she had two mins and stopped and was upset and wouldn't carry on. She had a tiny bit this am and nothing tonight. My dd did this but at a year. She is eating well and sleeping well (though the night 7 to 7). I do not really want to start offering her milk at other times than when she was previously feeding as this seems like a retrograde step so what should i do? I recently stopped offering her milk after her lunchtime sleep as she was having so little then too. I am going to express tonight (what a bore!) Any advice/ experiences of this please I don't want to give up yet really i won't be having another

[Morgan]

Bumping up - can anyone help/advise??

[PanicPants]

Sorry no advice really, although it does seem like she may be weaning herself off. OR is it possible she has a cold or stuffy nose which may make it difficult for her to latch on?

[Morgan]

No sniffy nose or anything just gets upset and sits up and cries!!

[FrannyandZooey]

this might help

sorry I have only read your post in a rush but I don;t see why offering milk at other times would be a problem? If you want to carry on feeding I would offer frequently and especially as she is falling asleep. Good luck.

[Morgan]

Thanks - been reading the Kellymom stuff - dd is crawling and very independent, doesn't really want to sit still or lie down with Mummy - she goes to sleep in her cot on her own so no real opportunity to feed while falling asleep and i don't really want to upset her sleep as well! She has been sleeping through the night for a while. Am off to bed now (in Dubai)but if anyone else has advice/comments i will catch up in the morning. Thanks a lot.

[FrannyandZooey]

Good luck Morgan, I know it is upsetting

I hope you can get through it in a way that suits both of you

[Morgan]

Not gone quite yet still surfing - i will keep offering and see what happens - expressed about 3 ounces tonight so will try her with that from a beaker tomorrow - she will drink water from a beaker, has never taken a bottle. I did try at different times today but she was immediately upset by it so i stopped.

[FrannyandZooey]

How's it going Morgan? When I had a nursing strike I rang La Leche League and they were extremely helpful. I would give them a call if you think it would help to talk to someone.

[nolembit]

Could you be pregnant? my DD1 self-weaned when I was pregnant with DD2. I was told pregnancy hormones may have changed my milk so that she no longer liked it.