10 months old on boob strike :(

[Shadowy Lady]

My baby seems to be on a breast strike. Usually when she wakes up in the morning my husband brings her to bed and I cuddle her and nurse her there. But this morning she was very wiggly and not wanting to nurse at all. When I tried anyway, she bit me. So I gave up then and tried again 20 mins later on the couch...same story!

So finally I gave her a bottle and she drank that. I must add I'm currently slowly weaning her so she's bf'd in the morning at 4pm and has a bottle at 11:30 am and 6:30 pm (before bed). Does this mean she wants to be weaned fully now? I was hoping to take another month for the weaning process as I'm going back to work end of July.

Anyone else dealt with this at similar age?

 

[vintagecat]

It's very uncommon for babies to self-wean before a year old. https://kellymom.com/bf/normal/babyselfwean/ You said that you've been keeping her on a schedule and slowly weaning her yourself, so she's probably adjusting to when you're offering. I nurse on demand and noticed a lot of pushing away these past few weeks and she's also dropped a lot of feeds on her own. Some days she is very dependent on the breast and doesn't eat much, so I'm thankful that she isn't just outright refusing yet.