Have you had any luck yet Lala? My little one hasn't let me breastfeed him since the morning of 28th December, so that's 31 days (I think!) and it's been AWFUL. It triggered PND and I'm getting to the point of having to see the GP for meds.
He turned one last week and it's really hard reading that self-weaning is unlikely at his age or that a lot of Mums confuse a nursing strike with self-weaning because I'm desperate for him to carry on breastfeeding because I know it's good for him but it's as though he's never seen a boob before - and sometimes he thinks they are hilarious to play with! I have been expressing since he first refused so at least he has some milk in a cup every day, although that's decreasing. I've tried everything on KellyMom: the bath, skin to skin, offering in different positions and places, combining with offering him EBM, and when he's asleep. Even did a pregnancy test! But every time he pushes me away, or turns his head away. Last night he was too tired to eat his tea so I felt sure he'd dreamfeed, but no, he just got cross that there was this boob in his face!
He went from two or three times a day, plus once or twice in the night if he woke, to nothing. Obviously I don't know how much he was having at a feed, but they were quite short feeds compared to how long it takes me to express. He eats solids well but would always be keen to have his first feed in the morning and last at night. Nothing out of the usual happened at his last feed. Just when the bedtime one rolled around he wasn't in the least bit interested and the tough thing was trying to get him to go to sleep when I've always nursed him to sleep. That night he latched on once for a second or two, then pulled off, looked at me and started crying and squirming to not be held still.
Within the space of a couple of weeks he seems to have become a toddler - he's standing, crawling, babbling, knows what he wants and goes after it. adorable - but not a baby anymore. I wonder whether he was using breastfeeding for comfort sometimes and now doesn't need it.
I'm seeing the Health Visitor again today, but last month she said it was possible he'd decided he didn't want to feed anymore (we've been doing BLW with the solids so part of me thinks I ought to go with what he wants) but if it made me feel better, to carry on expressing for a month in case he changes his mind.