Nursing question

rachaelmary

so, last night when I tried to nurse LO for bed, she was barely opening her mouth...not enough to get even a bad latch. Then she started pushing away from me and twisting her head so it wasn't facing my boob. I switched sides and she took the left normal. She was up at 1am and 5am and nursed fine both times.

Now this morning at 9 am she is refusing to nurse again, but from both sides. I tried for about 15 mins before giving her a bottle which she downed.

Any idea what to do?? Why she's doing this? This makes me nervous because I don't have a big enough freezer stash to support a nursing strike!

rachaelmary

psk said:

Not a huge help at night, but during the day when I had that happen I just put her down and let her play. I then revisted nursing like 20-30 minutes later. Usually that worked for us. At bedtime if she pulled that and wouldn't eat and was drowsy, I just put her to sleep w/o it. Usually she woke up around 10 or 10:30 and was willing to nurse then. I have had her not be interested in one side before, and I can't figure that one out... like why would one side be worse than the other?!

I tried this, she just screamed when I put her down and tried to climb back up my legs.

It worries me because she ate 5oz from a bottle, but I only got 2. I've always had a terrible pump output, so I can't support a nursing strike.

nebraska84

There is nothing more frustrating then a LO refusing to nurse, like PP, it will pass. Just keep offering and pumping if you need to. Good luck