Why is she suddenly refusing breast?

[Blues73]

DD3 is 6 months old and has exclusively bf since birth.

Over the last month she has become very difficult and in the mornings (previously excellent time to feed) she now just throws herself back. The same happens through the day and dw only managed 4 feeds yesterday each time waiting until she was sleepy.

Dw is in a terrible state now becoming a recluse not wanting to leave the house as she feels dd is not getting enough. Dd seems fine.

Blf is being done on average twice a day and she does like her food but I'm worried as to why suddenly she doesnt call out for the bf and worried even more about dw pulling herself apart and definitely depressed about it.

What is normal behaviour at this age with bf in particular when weaning starts?

Help!!!

nursing strike?

My DS is the same age as yours Blues. He's never refused the breast yet though so no personal experience sorry. Hope she changes her mind soon!

Read your post again and I'm sure it will be fine. She's possibly just adjusting to feeling full on solids. Does she feed at night? Are her nappies dryer than usual?

When did you start weaning? It might be just that she is filling up on food and doesn't want as much milk.

The other thing that happens around this time is that babies become more aware of their surroundings and find everything so interesting that they don't want to be still and feed.

It's not really anything to worry about, even if she takes less milk in the day just go with it. You might find she picks it up again later, or she might continue to drop feeds. Babies are much better at knowing what they need than we give them credit for :)

There is no reason to stay in in order to coax her to feed either. If she won;t feed when out your DW could try taking her to a quiet, boring place, but even if there is nowhere or it doesn't work I wouldn't worry about it. She will feed if she needs to feed.

Hi, she is only having a taster of food at the moment so she shouldn't be full of solids. Last night she woke and had small feeds at 11:45 and 4:40 waking again in between at 3 but I got her back to sleep without needing to disturb dw (trying to break the two or three feeds in a night habit) so this morning we expected her to be hungrier but alas no.

Nappies are wet but less so than before and only changing a few times a day.

Dd does seem happy though.

I'm in a similar situation at the mo with my DD. I can't understand how she's gone from wanting so many feeds to nearly half!! Obviously you haven't a clue how much a bf baby takes but can only tell from the nappy output and weight I guess!!

Ermm I don't have any advice I'm afraid but will watch as am interested if there is anyone else with anymore suggestions!!

I have no experience as DD is only 4.5 months but could your DD have become more efficient at feeding so is still taking the same but much quicker than before?