7 week old nursing strike?!

[Ilovecake73]

Hi,
Up until today I was finding breastfeeding pretty straightforward. That was until today when my Dd has started to refuse the breast and feed. Instead she screams and works herself up into a right state. I managed to feed her an expressed bottle and have got her off to sleep in the sling but I'm now worried it will happen again come next feed. Has anyone else experienced this and is it just a phase? Will bottle feeding expressed milk just confuse things? I'm not sure how else I can make sure she is getting enough in!
Many thanks

She's very young for a nursing strike. I wouldn't bother with expressed milk in a bottle as it might, as you say, confuse her. Can you just keep trying to feed her at the breast? Try some different positions (lying down? In the bath? Lots of skin-to-skin etc), and try to make it as relaxed and unstressful as possible for her - so don't get upset with her for not feeding. She may be windy or feel uncomfortable and so not want to feed for a little while but if you keep offering calmly I think she will go back to it. Otherwise, do you have a breast feeding counsellor or clinic you could call?

Op how are you getting on? My ds has just started this at 8 wks. He is refusing breast and will only take bottle

Definitely try different positions. Around 8-10 weeks was when I learnt the "biological nurturing" position at an NCT BF cafe and it was great. Can you go and see someone face to face for practical advice?

You can get a pretty good idea of biological nurturing position from google, so do try it as it is very good for baby being in control of milk flow, but yes - a breast feeding cafe or clinic, or a lactation consultant, should all be ablE top give good face-to-face advice.