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abrupt BLW - please help!

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catastrojb · 25/01/2010 13:36

Ironically enough, I posted a couple of days ago about having continued problems with bf, and now I have the kind of opposite problem - my dd (10 months) seems to have suddenly taken against me and since yesterday evening has refused to feed. She grabs my nipple then lets go with a little cry, then wriggles, grabs again, bites, or point blank refuses. I wondered if she was teething, but she has had 6 come through in the last month and it hasn't done this - she is also her usual happy self at other times. Has she self-weaned very suddenly? Or is this normal and she might start again? I am very concerned as she does not take bottles, and doesn't drink a whole lot of water from her sippy cup - I don't want her to get dehydrated. On a more selfish note, I have always produced loads and I am now already very uncomfortable. I am also gutted; I'm not ready for her to wean yet, despite my discomfort!
Any advice greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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dinkystinky · 25/01/2010 13:42

Sounds like teething to me. Some teeth hurt more than others as they cut. Try some teething gel on her gums (or Anbesol) and maybe she'll feed. Also try lots of skin to skin with her - maybe have a bath together - and it might help break the nursing strike. In the meantime ply her with lots of wet food - soups, yoghurts, smoothies etc - to get fluids in her. Good luck.

MattSmithIsNotMyLoveSlave · 25/01/2010 14:07

Could be teething/earache/other pain/random nursing strike. It's unlikely to be true self-weaning at this age, so keep offering. If you (and she) aren't anti-Calpol or infant Neurofen you could also try giving her a dose twenty minutes or so before a feed to see whether that eases any pain that's interfering with nursing.

logrrl · 25/01/2010 17:32

sorry to be a bit lazy, but there was a thread about this no time ago (which I posted on), if you scroll back a few pages you should find it...these nine/ten month old babies like to make sure we are still paying attention, don't they?

logrrl · 25/01/2010 17:45

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/breast_and_bottle_feeding/898309-10month-old-weaning-himself-off-breastmilk-is- this-too-early

and there is another one further down...

catastrojb · 25/01/2010 20:00

Thank you all for your replies. dinky and matt - I am coming round to the idea that her teeth could still be moving (is this permanent for the first couple of years?!?!? i thought we had gotten over the worst for a while!), and I am certainly not against the idea of calpol so if she refuses again this evening I might try that. She had one feed when I picked her up from nursery but has continued to refuse since.
logrrl, thank you for the link - interesting reading, and I am keeping my fingers crossed it is just a temporary strike.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond.

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catastrojb · 27/01/2010 10:56

woo-hoo - normal service is resumed! Just seemed to be a 24 hour strike....strange baby.

Thanks again for all advice and help. It made interesting reading (I am still trying to work out how - as was stated - not to "overreact" to having an already sore nipple bitten by little razors! ).

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logrrl · 27/01/2010 16:00
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