Suddenly stop Latching

Oh, this is really common around this age, it's called a nursing strike and it can be so stressful! A few things that helped mums I know: if you've been mixing bottle and breast, baby may just find the bottle easier since milk flows faster, so try using a slow-flow nipple when bottle feeding so the breast doesn't feel like too much effort by comparison. One thing that actually worked for me was expressing a little milk directly onto the nipple before trying to latch, just to give baby a taste and encourage them to try, honestly sounds silly but it did help those first few attempts. I'll be real though, it doesn't always click back immediately, and one of my friends ended up pumping and bottle-feeding expressed milk for a while before her baby was willing to latch again, so don't feel like you've failed if you need to take a step back. Also worth checking your latch position, sometimes when babies get fussy we accidentally guide them to the nipple tip instead of a deep latch, which makes it uncomfortable for both of you and puts baby off even more. Do check with your doctor or a lactation consultant though, especially if the strike goes on more than a few days, as they can assess what's really going on for your specific baby.

Hi mum, I went through this also before and it can be quite stressful when baby suddenly refuse the breast. Sometimes it can be things like teething, distraction at this age, slight nose blockage, or even baby preferring faster milk flow from bottle. What helped me a bit was trying when baby is sleepy, feeding in a quiet dark room, and doing skin to skin to encourage latch again without pressure. If it still continues or baby is feeding less overall, maybe better to check with PD or lactation consultant just to make sure weight gain is still okay.