Feeding strike help please

[bostongirl617]

My son is 7 months old and has started a major nursing strike. I never dealt with this with DS1.
Around 1.5 week ago he stopped nursing in the morning. He just refused and I let it go. His last overnight feed would be at 3 or 4 am and he would wait to have a bottle at 9ish (Daycare). Now I am feeding him sooner and he is clearly hungry, but only want the bottle. This week he stopped nursing unless he is half asleep. He just screams when I try to nurse him and then is ravenous for a bottle when I offer it.
More details: I went back to work full time and introduced solids at 6 months. He uses comotomo bottles. He is a very healthy weight and loves solids. He will nurse overnight with no problem and also when going to sleep if he is already sleepy.
My first DS loved nursing anytime it was offered and did so until 20 months. This is uncharted territory for me.
Has anyone experienced this? Anything I can do?

[lily]

Nursing strikes suuuuuuck and I hope this one passes quickly.

kellymom.com/ages/newborn/nb-challenges/back-to-breast/

mamaandbabylove.com/make-your-boobs-a-happy-place/

I’m a sahm and my first son never took bottles, so first off don’t think you created this strike. Sometimes they just happen. That said, be sure bottles are still being pace fed so the fast flow bottle preference isn’t contributing.

Lots of no pressure easy availability helped my son through nursing strikes. Skin to skin snuggling on the couch / in bed / in a baby carrier. Get in the bath together.

One strike I gave up and lay topless in the floor where my son liked to play & just read a book- sure enough he came crawling over to take sips here & there and that night settled down for bedtime nursing like he’d never had an issue.

[grumpycat]

Is he teething? Are there distractions?

I can only nurse my DS in our room with the door closed because he is so distracted. He also doesn't nurse as well when he is teething (but usually goes back to his normal distracted eating once the tooth comes in).

[bostongirl617]

Sept 2, 2018 13:45:44 GMT -6 grumpycat said:

Is he teething? Are there distractions?

I can only nurse my DS in our room with the door closed because he is so distracted. He also doesn't nurse as well when he is teething (but usually goes back to his normal distracted eating once the tooth comes in).

Yes to both! The only place I can get him to nurse is in his room. He is doing better today. I think his second tooth is almost here! Thank you!

[bostongirl617]

He nursed well yesterday, but refused this morning. I think that second tooth is really bothering his based on his very interrupted sleep last night. I will just keep offering for now!

[grumpycat]

Sept 4, 2018 7:27:53 GMT -6 bostongirl617 said:

He nursed well yesterday, but refused this morning. I think that second tooth is really bothering his based on his very interrupted sleep last night. I will just keep offering for now!

You also can give him tylenol for the teething pain. When DS2's first teeth were coming through and he wasn't nursing or sleeping well, I gave him tylenol about 30 minutes before bedtime when I nurse him to very very sleepy. It seemed to help. And you can do baby advil instead since your DS is over 6 months. 

[bostongirl617]

Sept 4, 2018 11:33:39 GMT -6 grumpycat said:

Sept 4, 2018 7:27:53 GMT -6 bostongirl617 said:

He nursed well yesterday, but refused this morning. I think that second tooth is really bothering his based on his very interrupted sleep last night. I will just keep offering for now!

You also can give him tylenol for the teething pain. When DS2's first teeth were coming through and he wasn't nursing or sleeping well, I gave him tylenol about 30 minutes before bedtime when I nurse him to very very sleepy. It seemed to help. And you can do baby advil instead since your DS is over 6 months. 

Thank you! Advil did help last night and he nursed again this morning. I really do think it was the teeth. He got the two lower ones within a week of each other.