Advice re Nursing strikes

[scribellesam]

I'm starting to panic a little. I'm know I'm overreacting but DS1 never refused the boob in his life and DS2 hasn't ever done so before now. He's 9mo and hasn't nursed since 7pm last night. What do I do? Pretty sure he is teething.

ETA: I'm a SAHM and typically do not pump or give bottles.

[Deleted]

DS bit me while nursing for three weeks straight when he was 10 months old. It was just a phase, after those couple of weeks of awfulness he went back to nursing like normal and nursed until almost 2 years old. What got me through was nursing him when he was really sleepy. Maybe try that?

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I am also a SAHM and didn't pump bottles.

[scribellesam]

Yes, that worked yesterday when he was starting to refuse. I think he was overtired just now, he screamed for over an hour. I finally resorted to pumping and feeding it to him with a clean medicine syringe.

Hopefully he'll nurse when he wakes up.

[pooh8402]

A pedi I work with says if your kid refuses two feedings in a row, he should be seen by a doctor.

I'm not a parent yet, so feel free to ignore me. But is that something you considered?

[scribellesam]

Jul 7, 2015 16:50:51 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

A pedi I work with says if your kid refuses two feedings in a row, he should be seen by a doctor.

I'm not a parent yet, so feel free to ignore me. But is that something you considered?

Calling the office wouldn't be the worst idea. Maybe I'll speak to the nurse on call if he still refuses after nap time.

[lo]

KellyMom also has some good advice on nursing strikes. My DD was the opposite in that she went on a solids strike and would only nurse while cutting her first tooth at 10 months. My LC said both ways are normal and temporary.

[scribellesam]

Almost 22 hours later, he finally nursed! Thank you to those who replied for the encouragement. Hopefully we're on the tail end of this thing.