My son is 3.5 months old and I've breastfed him since birth. Since yesterday he has been refusing to feed from me at all, when put to the breast he just shouts and cries and seems very cross and will not latch on or even try to.
At first I left him for a while because I thought maybe he just wasn't hungry but then after more attempts and him still refusing, I expressed and fed him from a bottle and he downed it very quickly.
He isn't acting any different and is his usual happy self and not showing any signs of hunger, he usually feeds every 3/4 hours.
I don't know if this is relevant but since he was 7 weeks old I have been back at work, just a half day once a week and during that time he is looked after by my mum and usually has 2 bottles. But this has been since he was 7 weeks old and he's never had any trouble going between breast and bottle before, so I don't know if it's that.
The other weird thing is that he fed perfectly fine during the night, although he is half asleep then. He woke up twice for feeding at the same times he usually does and fed with no trouble at all and then this morning he is back to refusing the breast again!
I really don't know what to do and I'm a bit apprehensive about talking to my health visitor about it because I feel like she will pressure me into formula feeding and I really don't want to do that. I have nothing against formula feeding but I really want to continue breastfeeding him for as long as I can.
Has anyone been through the same thing with their baby or have any idea why he's doing this or what I can do to get him back to being interested in the boob?!
Thank you