8 m/o not wanting to nurse?

erbear

What's this? She's in daycare. Nurses once over night and in the morning, then I have been nursing her before bed. On weekends, I BF overnight, in the morning, after both naps and before bed. Suddenly, she's not wanting to nurse at all in the morning. She'll nurse overnight, in the morning, and after the first nap, but not after that. She'll take a bottle.

What's going on? I am not ready to give up BFing and I don't actually think my 8 month old is self-weaning already.

danssugahbugah

Could be a nursing strike.  A strike can happen for a lot of different reasons.  DS#2 had one around 7.5 months.  Just keep offering the breast and push through...usually only lasts a week or so.  As long as she is having enough wet diapers, you shouldn't worry.  Try to keep your supply up though.

Could be due to teething!  The bottle isn't as hard on their gums because the milk just kind of drips out without much effort.

 Good luck!

mittensonkittens

DS1 had a nursing strike around 8-9 months. It lasted a few days. Do you have slow flow nipples on the bottles? Are you able to nurse in a quiet distraction-free place? I'd just keep offering the breast, hopefully it's just temporary.

kg_08

You never know... maybe she is self weaning. DD started getting less interested around 7 months, and it just kept going from there. We didn't even bottle feed at all so I thought it was weird. After a couple months she still kept getting less and less interested, so we started weaning at 9, and finished at 10 months old. She didn't miss it at all!