DS has been exclusively breastfed since birth, plus solids of course since around 5 months. Breastfeeding has always been easy with him, and for the first few months he fed extremely frequently.
In recent weeks we have reduced feeding to twice a day, with no issues.
The last couple of days he has point blank refused to breastfeed. He turns his face away and fusses, or just lies still with his face on my boob, not trying to latch on- as if he's deliberately ignoring it!
At night he has gone to sleep non problem without boob- this is unprecedented.
He has been ill, so might this be something to do with it?
Or could he be self-weaning? I am not bothered either way. I'd aim to stop breastfeeding in the next few months anyway, but don't have an agenda- ie I'm not imagining his refusal as an excuse to stop (as some websites suggest....). So if he started again that would be fine- but a part of me thinks I should seize the day and stop now. I don't want to do this if he's not really ready though.
We have given him beakers of cow's milk since he's refused b'milk and he has drunk those no problem.
He eats solids like a horse- and eats everything- but has been off his food too since being ill, which makes me think the boob refusal is down to illness. But then usually when he's ill he wants more breast feeds...
Any thoughts?