wont take breast

[leighbaby]

my LO has only had ebm a few times and usually refuses a bottle, but today he has been so whingey yet refusing my boob. in kind of desperation I have hand expressed into a bottle (am totally engorged and in pain) and he is taking it from the bottle, but not me.....

shall i hand express more or try my boob...again? i want him to nurse normally!!

i have expressed 2oz and he seems to be nearly finished...

 

[Samantha675]

Sounds like he is having a nursing strike. Just be patient and keep offering him the boob. Has something changed? Deoderant, shower gel?

 

[leighbaby]

nothing has changed

got him to feed at 0300 this morning...but nothing since

 

[asacia]

Some great tips to encourage the baby to nurse:
https://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/baby/back-to-breast.html#coax