Feeding struggle

[Bokkie77]

All of a sudden my 19 week old don't want to breasfeed, I'm still exculsively breastfeeding. She cries a lot before taking a few sips and then cries again, this goes on for quite a while. Not drinking impacts on all other areas, 'cause she's hungry the whole time she doesn't sleep well. If I express she will take the bottle a bit easier, but with some crying.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as this is slowly driving me insane.

Is she teething so generally out of sorts? HAve you changed your diet? Has she got thrush?or a sore mouth? You could try expressing and giving her a little via a bottle then putting her on the breast. Also in the hot weather she may just be more thirsty so litterally having a drink, try her with some water? Both my boys were really difficult to bf when teething, try ashton and parsons teething powders before a feed. How long has this been going on? maybe a trip to the docs? I was there every week with my first, i now socialise with one of the receptionists (no seriously) good luck

It's been since the beginning of the week. Teething is the only thing it might be, but she's been having bouts of drooling and chews constantly. I've tried water - she hates it.
If it won't get better by the weekend a trip to the doc might be the thing, I might eve pick up a new friend

Bokkie i wouldn't give water. Ebf babies don't need it and if she is off her milk due to teething, the nutrients in the little bit of milk she will take will be important.

This may sound really daft, but are you sure she is hungry? My ds has days where he barely feeds. He's just not interested (sometimes accompanied by drooling, sometimes not). At first i struggled to get my head round this and would keep trying to latch him on. He'd get annoyed and end up in tears. It took a while for me to realise he didn't want it. Then i'd play with him a bit and he'd be happy as larry. I was just struggling to make the transition from newborn feeding all the time, to a bit older baby, whos feeding pattern was becoming more erratic self regulated!

Doh!

Drooling and chewing can be signs of teething. I was at a wedding at the weekend with a cousin's LO and he was trying to chew on the tablespoons as the hard coldness felt good on his gums. He wasn't breastfed (15months old!) but was off his food too.

Have you tried dreamfeeding?

Kellymom has a large section on feeding strikes, here's a good place to start for more ideas.