Refusing the breast sometimes?

TwiMom

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Hi!  My DD is 3 months old now and just recently she's decided to refuse the breast sometimes.  Maybe 1-2x per day she will cry and pull back and refuse to eat but then if offered bm in a bottle she will take it no problem!  Anyone else experience this? 

Cookie427

Yes! Unfortunately I dont have an answer but this is why I logged in to see if anyone else was experiencing this too. Hope someone can help!

Cookie427

Also, I am not 46 wks pregnent - baby is 5 weeks! Have no idea how to change the ticker...

bluejetta

Yes.  My DD did same around 3 months (and sometimes still since she recently started daycare so gets bottles 3 days a week).  My lactation consultant said it is developmentally normal as they get older, more aware and sucking is more of a choice and less of a reflex.

I have had success nursing in a darm room, nursing after naps when she is sleepy and if she refuses I don't give her a bottle -- usually she'll eat after another nap or hour or so.  If it were to get outright ugly and go more than 1 feeding I might use the bottle or a sippy cup since I find DD gets used to the fast/ease of bottles so has to sort of remember nursing and I don't want to give her bottles if I don't have to.

skits_1

We are going through this right now! My LO is 4 months. He will nurse fine at night but not during the day. I've tried everything and he just arches his back and cries. You're not alone!