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Boob refusal, what do I do?

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Twattybollocks · 10/06/2013 20:56

Dd is 19w, over the last couple of weeks she has been refusing the boob on and off, and getting herself into a real state with it. Sometimes she will take the left after refusing the right (it's a bit duff, milk doesn't come out very fast and not a lot of it) but the last 3 days she has flat out refused boob between 3pm and 8pm when she happily has her bath and then will have both boobs before bed. This morning she also refused boob after waking up when she is normally fine.
Ive been refusing to get stressed, trying a couple of times and if she's refusing but clearly hungry, I've made her a bottle which she has guzzled at a rate of knots. We have also started weaning this week and she's taking to it very well.
So on the whole I'm not fussed if she doesn't have boob all the time, I'd rather she did because it's better for her nutritionally and frankly I can't be arsed with bottle washing and formula faffing.
After all that waffle, what I'm wanting to know is could this just be a phase or has she decided that boob is too much like hard work (she is ptt and lip tied) and the bottle is easier, could it be to do with the weaning? Has anyone else any suggestions why she is refusing only at certain times? If she suddenly decides she wants boob full time again will my supply come back?

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changechangechange · 10/06/2013 21:02

Have you tried hand-expressing a little immediately before feeding her - not even to get any out necessarily but to make sure it's coming as soon as she starts/a drop or two to squirt on her lips to remind her? This helped when mine briefly went on a nursing strike, but he was quite a bit older by then (10/11mo).

Good luck! I bet she'll be back on soon. With DS I thought it was his teeth but then I realised he had an ulcer on the end of his tongue, it was hurting him.

changechangechange · 10/06/2013 21:02

Or you could try feeding her in the bath?

Twattybollocks · 10/06/2013 21:04

Yeah I've tried that, she just screamed louder as the expressed milk went in her mouth :0/ also tried breast compressions when she does latch on (she sometimes latches, has a couple of sucks then spits it out screaming)

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Twattybollocks · 10/06/2013 21:05

Not tried feeding in the bath, I don't think it would be safe. I have a bad back and getting in and out is a 5 minute 2 hand job, and no partner to help since I kicked the cheating toad out.

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