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11 month old nursing strike

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Megevegirl · 19/11/2017 19:58

My little one hasn’t fed from me for 15 days now. I’m feeling very emotional about this. The feelings of rejection and sadness are overwhelming and have totally taken me by surprise. We’ve both been loving breastfeeding up to this point and i was really hoping to continue feeding him for at least another few months. He likely to be my last baby so am feeling particularly sad about this. He stopped completely out of the blue two sundays ago. He had his early morning fed but at the mid morning feed he just nibbled me... I’m pretty sure I didn’t react strongly to this (as I’ve read that this can cause a strike). On the Monday he came down with a horrible virus and just slept loads and didn’t have any milk or solid food at all for a day or so. He recovered from this within a few days but never came back to breastfeeding. One of his top front teeth came through last week and it looks like he other one is about to break through. He’s also been generally grumpy and not himself these last couple of weeks - but I’m not sure if that’s the cause of the strike or because of it. I’ve read LOTS about nursing strikes and been in touch with a couple of lactation consultants. Advice has been that it’s common and stick with it (expressing, keep offering, baths together, skin to skin etc) but I’m desperate to hear some similar stories with positive outcomes to keep me motivated. Anyone got one to share?

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EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 19/11/2017 21:04

Sounds like you are doing everything right and I can understand how you are feeling.

I don’t really have anything to add but hopefully this will bump for you Thanks

Megevegirl · 20/11/2017 09:13

Thanks ETAPM.... day 16 now 😪.

Anyone else experienced this?

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Megevegirl · 21/11/2017 08:49

strike still going on..... husband is now as fed up as I am. He’s encouraging me to draw a line under it and move in but just not sure I’m ready to yet...

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Justbookedasummmerholiday · 21/11/2017 08:51

On the plus side you won't have to deal with teeth +biting.

Most of mine stopped on their own around 7/8 months - it is emotional.
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