We had a terrible time getting DD to take a bottle of BM. She just wanted nothing to do with it. Finally she accepted it and does really well with a bottle now. Well, yesterday she got 3 bottles in a row while I was at work (this is not the first time she's gotten 3 in a row). My mom said she "guzzled" them all. Last evening, I tried nursing her 3 different times and she refused to do it. She would suck for a few seconds and then start screaming hysterically. We ended up giving her a bottle before bed so that she would at least eat something.
My theory is that because my milk didn't come out immediately like it does in a bottle, she got frustrated. She's nursed twice so far this morning, and she's been okay except for a little fussing the first time. I'm also much fuller in the morning than I would've been last evening, though. I'm telling everyone who watches her that from now on, she needs a break every ounce even if she cries to have the bottle back right away. Hopefully if she doesn't just get milk fast and furious the entire time she's drinking her bottle, she will transition back to nursing better.
Does this make sense? Anyone else have experience with this? I just can't believe that within a few weeks we went from refusing a bottle to preferring a bottle over nursing, and from only one day of bottles too...
Re: Mini nursing strike?