Hello,
My 10mo girl twin has been on a feeding strike for 8 days now (with one feed in the middle). She stopped feeding 4am Monday last week and was diagnosed with hand foot and mouth on the Tuesday arvo. She was really quite ill and lost a fair bit of weight (at least half a kilo).

She is now back to herself but is still refusing boob. I've tried the bath, quite room etc but no go. She has been quite dehydrated and now constipated. I've been giving her lots of water.

I haven't been expressing, as I have her brother twin to keep up supply. I have hand expressed a bit into a straw-cup for her.

So her hydration seems to be improving and I've been feeding her dates today and the poo seems to bit easier for her.

I'm after all tips for getting her back on to the boob as well as any advise. Do you think I should withhold breast milk to make her more enthused or offer it to her in sippy-straw cup?

To add insult to injury, tomorrow we are getting pics done. I was going to get a professional shot of me feeding them both - a little devo on that one :/.