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Nursing strike - help!

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MamaLaMoo · 12/12/2011 17:01

18 week old has suddenly refused to feed in any position except sitting upright on my lap while I'm bouncing on a birthing ball. She does feed OK at night when all sleepy.

Went for 6 hours on Saturday without taking the breast, ended up syringing and cup feeding expressed milk. What is going on? She shrieks and writhes when I so much as put her in BF position getting really cross or sucks for a couple of sucks and then gets cross and fussy.

She has got a cold, maybe sore throat or ear pain? Also feeds have been disrupted by interruptions from older child quite a lot.

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Iggly · 12/12/2011 17:12

Have her checked for an ear infection and meanwhile give one dose of child
Nurofen and see if she feeds better?

My DS dis this - turned out he had silent reflux so feeding hurt.
To get through it I fed him asleep (so rocked to sleep then popped on boob) and got the reflux sorted. It wasn't the normal distraction you get at this age.

MamaLaMoo · 13/12/2011 07:46

Iggly she has silent reflux and is on ranitidine, gaviscon and domperidone after being hospitalised at 6 weeks. She is stable on the meds all under control. Actually saw paediatrician last week for a review and she is doing fine.

This suddenly started on Friday after weeks of no feeding problems. Have tried calpol and calprofen.

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