Comments on: What Is A Nursing Strike?

By: Mommy News

Mommy News — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:10:46 +0000

Hi Lindsay, absolutely – a baby as young as 3 months can go through a nursing strike. It sounds like that is what your baby did. — Judy

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:33:52 +0000

Can a baby as young as 3 months go on a nursing strike? My 3 month old refused to nurse for a day. Then slowly started back to normal feedings.

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By: Mommy News

Mommy News — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:51:07 +0000

Hi Theresa, Yes, luckily the nursing strikes don’t typically last more than a few days. I would recommend pumping while you are going through this even though you aren’t getting much – the stimulation will be good for helping you to maintain your supply while you little one is going through this. And keep trying to coax him back to the breast – he will come around soon enough. Best of luck to you! Judy

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:00:47 +0000

My almost 9 month old just started his first nursing strike. At first I was afraid he was weaning, but found out it’s common for strikes to happen during teething, which is DEFINITELY happening right now. I’m glad to hear it will pass!

I can’t get much out of my breasts when I pump, so I am nervous that I’m going to get a breast infection or something. My one breast is very sore. I REALLY look forward to things going back to normal!
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By: Mommy News

Mommy News — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:07:04 +0000

Hi Amber, it does sound similar to what happened with my son. Keep offering and try to do so when in a quiet, dark place with few distractions. I found that I was able to get my son to nurse by going into a dark room and laying down on the bed. He was very hesitant, but finally did and gradually (over a few days to a week) was back to his old self. Hang in there! — Judy

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:53:17 +0000

My son is 13 1/2 months old and is currently on a nursing strike. On day one he nursed in the morning, refused all day long, and then nursed before bed. He has not nursed since day one before bed and we are day 3 now. He cries and points and asks for it but when it comes time he pushes away and cries. He has a runny nose but nothing major and I don’t see any teeth coming in. I am pumping but I don’t get much from the pump. I hope this gets resolved soon, but it sounds like it is similar to what others are saying here.

By: Mommy News

Mommy News — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:50:03 +0000

Hi Ruth, Thanks for sharing your story. So many moms don’t know what nursing strikes are – I certainly didn’t when my son went through one. And I would have let him “wean” had I been at home – so we were lucky that were traveling at the time and I “needed” him to nurse.

You can read our full breastfeeding journey (that went on for many years afterwards) here: http://tinyurl.com/bfingjourney

Thanks again for sharing! — Judy

By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:28:38 +0000

My daughter went on a nursing strike a few months ago when a molar she was getting in abscessed. She refused to nurse for days after the molar was fine, only nipping me once in a while when I offered the breast. I pumped and gave her milk in a sippy cup. She’d sign for milk, but refused to nurse to get it. I kept offering, and finally, 10 days after she first refused, she tentatively nursed a little in bed with me. She nursed hesitantly again that evening, and the by the end of the next day she was enthusiastically nursing again, and in fact, has seemed to “love” my breasts far more than she ever did before her strike.:-) She is now 20 months old and still wanting to nurse 4 or 5 times a day. If I had not been encouraged by a lactation consultant to hang in there and keep offering the breast, she would have been weaned, and we’d be missing out on this extended bonding. I am so glad I waited her out. Looking back, I know now that my son, who stopped nursing suddenly at 14 months (about the same age my current baby did), was simply on a nursing strike and not truly ready to wean like I thought he was doing. It makes me sad to think that it didn’t have to end then, because I was not ready to wean him at that point, and yet I did, thinking that was what he wanted.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:55:51 +0000

I like that you add that self-weaning rarely happens before 12 months. I’ve heard so many moms say their baby self-weaned at 6 or 9 months and I’m pretty sure they were just on a nursing strike. Great info to have. Thanks Judy!
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