10.5 month old refusing to BF

[tumpymother]

My DS is EBF. Last night and this morning he has refused to be BF. He did latch on last night but pulled away after a couple of sucks and keeps pushing me away. He has had a chesty cough and runny nose for a few days and has been a bit clingy the last 24 hours but is a bit more playful now as I gave him some calpol about 20 mins ago. He is not pooing very much. He is eating some and drinking loads of water. He hasn't got a temp.
What shall I do ? he has never refused to be BF before. Shall I keep trying to feed him ? wondering whether to take him to the drs so they can check his ears and chest ? any advice please ?
thx

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It would be worth getting him checked to make sure he is not ill, but could be he has decided to stop! How often are you bfeeding? DD was ebf until 9 months - I had been trying to get her to take a bottle but she point blank refused. One night at 9 months she just rejected the breast and got really upset, so I tried a bottle and she was away and would never go near the breast again. I thought maybe it was because I had cut down to 2 feeds a day which seemed to affect my milk supply and it seemed to take her a lot of work to bring on the milk.

thanks 123ken - he went on strike for 17 hours. I rang La Leche and on advice we spent the morning in bed having lots of skin to skin contact and he started feeding again in the afternoon and has not stopped since. I normally feed him 3 -4 times a day. I had him checked over at the practice and he has nothing obviously wrong with him but he has had a temp and is very off colour.