Is this a nursing strike or something else?

[teacups]

I have just come downstairs feeling rather sad. My dd (9 months) point blank refused the breast but guzzled her bottle of formula like there was no tomorrow. I work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so she has 2 bottles of formula at nursery as I can't get anything out when I express any more. On nursery days, I feed her in the am and on coming home, plus from time to time at night. Today I thought I would treat her to an extra BF as she had a cold, but she doesn't seem to want it.

Is this the end of my BF days with her? Or is it just a temporary aberration due to being away from me the last 3 days and having bottles after lunch? Is there anything I can do to sort it out? I should add in the past that she has Bfed quite happily in the daytime despite being on daytime bottles earlier in the week.

Thanks in advance.

Sounds like a strike, teacups....use the usual tactics and hang on in there

Just a quick note, my ds started doing this at about 6 months (now 14 months) and has had a couple of phases since - in particular at about 10 months when I was sure the bf was about to stop as it was ovious my supply was going down (3 days at work and he was having 1 bottle of formula on those days - though he rarely took more than 2-3oz.)

However I just continued to offer whenever we were home together. He has never been a great fan of bf tbh and I never really fed him more than 7-8 times a day except for the really early days and on growth spurts and around 6-7 months this dropped to 5-7 times a day. He often refuses a feed or just has a nip and gets down to play. I just keep offering whenever we are together. When he got quite bad at refusing I re-instated bf before his naps (which we had dropped) which he seemed to like and recently (he is now 14 months) he has become a bf monster and trys to feed whenever I sit down - not sure I like this too much as he has never been like this before

I tried not to worry too much - he was eating quite a lot of solids (fraid I didn't even try expressing as I absolutely refused to do this at work - I did enough of it untuil he was 10 months old and I just couldn't bring my self to do any more for the piddling 1-2oz I was getting

One other thought - if she has a cold bf can be difficult. Ds constantly comes off as he can't breathe through his nose. Now he is older he is used to this but when he was a bit younger this put him off. keep going and don't offer bottles when you are home - just the breat..