Is my 7mo weaning? Or breast refusal?

[StrawberryMumma]

Hey matey, sorry you are having a tough time atm

Being rejected is just so horrible, there's nothing much worse is there..
Miss L went through a stage like that but she was a bit younger then Baxter, but I know how you must be feeling anyway..
Hang in there, I'm sure he'll come back to the juicy bb's very soon

[Sequoia]

Lee - thanks matey.

So I read the article that Kmn linked to, and tried singing very softly while he feeds, quite good success I have to say! He's fed really well at 2 out of his 3 feeds so far today.

[MantaRay]

That's great to hear Shoegal. I hope you have a great night tonight!

[Sequoia]

That's great to hear Shoegal. I hope you have a great night tonight!

Um, no. He refused his 2 other BF's, so he had 2 out of 5 today, but I'll keep persisting.

Thanks for the support girls.

*sigh*

SG
xo

[AndiE]

Hi SG,

I'm still feeding DS (almost 8 months) 4-5 times per day and while he doesn't have teeth yet, his day time feeds can be a bit sketchy. He's easily distracted and if he's not interested he'll arch his back and kinda scream till I stop trying to "force" the boob on him, iykwim. Anyway, I've learnt that if he's hungry, he'll BF. I don't stress about it any more as he started this caper a few months ago and I semi-freaked out, thinking he was starting to self wean. He wasn't. In my case I think DS is just sucking very well, so he probably gets all he wants in a few short minutes of BFing. Plus he's on 3 solids meals a day ...

Anyway, the point of my post. DS feeds best when he's half asleep and/or if there are zero distractions. So, I can only suggest trying to BF your DS in a darkened room with no distractions (TV, pets etc). Skin to skin wouldn't hurt. Not sure if this helps any, but just a thought.

Good luck.
Andie

[MantaRay]

Sorry to hear that SG . Your DS is the same age as my second DS was when he went through his worst period of breast refusal. It lasted an entire weekend. But then he was back to normal thank goodness and I really hope you find the same thing. I'm thinking of you hun

[Marlene]

We have been through this as well SG. It lasted a few days, the only way I could get him to feed was to sit in a dark room with no noise at all, but sometimes he would still refuse, would feed ok when he was half asleep though. He still plays around sometimes and has very quick feeds, but i think he is just more efficient at getting the milk now. I think this is just a stage most babies go through and it should pass soon. Maybe cut down on the formula if you can, he has probably realised it is easier to get the milk form the bottle...babies can be lazy sods, LOL.