6 month old refusing to feed

I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day. She latches on fine at night time when she wakes, but not in
the slightest bit interested any other time. I'm getting a little
worked up about it now, I've thoroughly enjoyed breasfeeding this time
(only managed it 6 weeks with my other 3 children) and really don't
want to stop doing it, but don't want her to do without either.

Can anyone please offer me some advise?

"Jackman73" wrote in message
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I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day. She latches on fine at night time when she wakes, but not in
the slightest bit interested any other time. I'm getting a little
worked up about it now, I've thoroughly enjoyed breasfeeding this time
(only managed it 6 weeks with my other 3 children) and really don't
want to stop doing it, but don't want her to do without either.

Can anyone please offer me some advise?

You could try reducing each night nursing session by 5 minutes every few
days while at the same time offering to nurse more often during the day.
During the day go into a dark quiet room and lay down to nurse if possible.
She might cry at night if she is used to nursing to sleep. If your dh would
be willing to take her after she is done nursing that would be helpful. If
she is fed, dry, and comforted try not to feel to badly about the crying.
She is getting used to a change in the rules..emotional but not harmful,
damaging, or mean ;-)

Good luck! My first reverse cycled. Yawn

Jackman73 wrote:

I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day.

Yep yep yep... Baby is at the stage where
everything is just so wonderful and fascinating
that she is willing to forgo nursing. Find a
quiet, dark, boring room to nurse her in.

-- Anita --

Jackman73 wrote:
I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day. She latches on fine at night time when she wakes, but not in
the slightest bit interested any other time. I'm getting a little
worked up about it now, I've thoroughly enjoyed breasfeeding this time
(only managed it 6 weeks with my other 3 children) and really don't
want to stop doing it, but don't want her to do without either.

Can anyone please offer me some advise?

Has she started solids? If she is eating solids in the day, she may be
filling up on them. If so, then offering limited solids only after a
good nursing may help.

--Betsy

"Jackman73" wrote in message
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I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day. She latches on fine at night time when she wakes, but not in
the slightest bit interested any other time. I'm getting a little
worked up about it now, I've thoroughly enjoyed breasfeeding this time
(only managed it 6 weeks with my other 3 children) and really don't
want to stop doing it, but don't want her to do without either.

Can anyone please offer me some advise?


I'm not sure if I'd classify what you're going through as a nursing strike,
but DD did have a nursing strike when she was 10 months old (started by an
ear infection), in which she completely refused to nurse if she was awake
for an entire month. I learned that if I caught her just as she was falling
asleep, I could get her to latch on and nurse well. It was a bit of a trick,
because if she woke up too much, she 'd scream and refuse, but if she was
just dozy enough, she'd nurse really well.

I had a lot of people suggest that she was simply self-weaning, but I was
fortunate to find enough resources to assure me that children under 12
months generally don't self-wean. So if she's refusing, she's either too
distracted (as others have said), or perhaps she's teething or has an ear
infection. I'd get her checked to make sure there's no ear infection, and
after that, I'd do what the others have said--dark room, no distractions,
possibly lying down . . . and I'd add to that the idea of trying to get her
to latch on in her half-sleep.

I persisted in nursing DD, and I'm so glad I did--she turned a corner after
a month, and we went on to nurse until she was 26 months old. That month was
one of the worst in my life, though. So I sympathize.

--
Jodi, sahm to
Oliver (5 years)
Arwen (3 years)
Milo (4 months)

I'd like to say thank you to everyone for replying to my message. I've
managed to get her to nurse in the dark in the afternoon for the last 2
days. And the idea of tricking her when she's just falling asleep
seemed to work.

Thank you again


Jackie sahm,

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hobbes wrote:
"Jackman73" wrote in message
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I have a 6 month old baby girl that is totally refusing to feed during
the day. She latches on fine at night time when she wakes, but not in
the slightest bit interested any other time. I'm getting a little
worked up about it now, I've thoroughly enjoyed breasfeeding this time
(only managed it 6 weeks with my other 3 children) and really don't
want to stop doing it, but don't want her to do without either.

Can anyone please offer me some advise?


I'm not sure if I'd classify what you're going through as a nursing strike,
but DD did have a nursing strike when she was 10 months old (started by an
ear infection), in which she completely refused to nurse if she was awake
for an entire month. I learned that if I caught her just as she was falling
asleep, I could get her to latch on and nurse well. It was a bit of a trick,
because if she woke up too much, she 'd scream and refuse, but if she was
just dozy enough, she'd nurse really well.

I had a lot of people suggest that she was simply self-weaning, but I was
fortunate to find enough resources to assure me that children under 12
months generally don't self-wean. So if she's refusing, she's either too
distracted (as others have said), or perhaps she's teething or has an ear
infection. I'd get her checked to make sure there's no ear infection, and
after that, I'd do what the others have said--dark room, no distractions,
possibly lying down . . . and I'd add to that the idea of trying to get her
to latch on in her half-sleep.

I persisted in nursing DD, and I'm so glad I did--she turned a corner after
a month, and we went on to nurse until she was 26 months old. That month was
one of the worst in my life, though. So I sympathize.

--
Jodi, sahm to
Oliver (5 years)
Arwen (3 years)
Milo (4 months)