Not wanting boob?

um don't know what advice I can offer you but . Ella seems to go throuh stages where she gets a bit fussy and won't feed for long and when she was around 5/6 months i was worried she was going to self wearn as she wasn't really interesting in having the boob either, but she did get over it and now feeds fine. 

Is she starting to get nosey while feeding? When Ella was around 3 months old she started getting really distracted by the enviroment around her and would only feed for a very short time and then would get distracted and want to play, so I started taking her into her room for feeds and closing the curtains and shutting the door and that seemed to work quite well (still do it now). 

If you are worried about your supply reducing you could try expressing a bit of milk after she feeds (always useful to a bit of back up EBM In the freezer).

Topsy sometimes Lauren is satisfied after only a couple of mins. I then offer the other side and if she refuses I figure she's had enough. Lauren normally gets over it within a few days if she's not thaqt interested in food Maybe as Bella's getting more efficient at getting the milk out as she gets older, she's drinking more quickly? Just a thought....

I tend to not worry so much now and about how much she is getting, if she's hungry soon after she soon lets me know!

I would do what someone has suggested and just express some off after her feed to keep your supply up!

Are you bottle feeding as well? Its just that as the flow inthe bottles comes quicker than the let down, babies can get a little impatient waiting, especially when they are hungry. If you are givning her bottle as well, I would stop that for a bit, to get her used to your let down again.

To make your let down come in a bit faster, think about her and feeding her and wht it feels like etc when you are on your way to pick her up, (positive visulisation, lol) and when feeding her, keep eye contact and rub th eplam of her hand, it encourages sucking. maybe stimulate your own supply a bit.

Feeding strikes are common, and are often over in 3 or 4 days. try soem marmite onyour nipples, even, they love that!

Good luck and don't lose heart!!

I can't offer you much advice other than to keep preservering with the whole fussy baby thing.. it is probably just that 'nosey phase' that everyone is talking about! Keziah used to do it too, and it gets really frustrating eh? On Off On Off On Off Just EAT already LOL

I second what Peachy say's! Eva went through a phase of doing that. It appears I was feeding her too often and she just wasn't hungry. I spread out the feeds more and things settled down.

Feed her when she's hungry rather than by the clock... She will probably be stretching her feeds out to 3.5 to 4 hourly by now. She will give you cues and make sounds when she's hungry.

Like Fattartsrock said, go by when she gives you hunger signs, rather than by the clock. You might be able to stretch to 3.5 hours. Eva fluctuates between 2.5 - 4 hours, depending on how she's feeling!

Hi Topsy, I'm one of the January mums Bobbie was talking about with the same problem. Olivia did this but she had done it for quite a while and was starting to not gain any weight (or just tiny bits). After trying loads of different things (under the plunket family centre for weeks) we ended up having to supplement her every feed with expressed breastmilk. Because you don't want them to get used to how easy the bottle is, I got this teat from them that has a valve in it so they have to suck to get milk out called a "chu chu" teat. More like what they'd have to do to breastfeed. This worked great, she'd have her first 5 or so minutes on me, we'd try for a bit to get her on again and when she wouldn't we'd top her up and she took this teat really well. Now we are dropping the top-ups as she has started taking both sides again. And I think because of this teat she hasn't converted to the bottle yet either. I think the LC at plunket thought that she'd learnt to just snack, sleep for a few hours then wake up early so she could snack again. So it was a matter of trying to make her eat more at one feed to so she'd last longer in between each feed.

She does still have the odd time when she won't take it but she's generally a lot better. Still very nosey and wanting to see everything It's just awful having to fight to feed them though isn't it? It can get really upsetting.

It may also be that she has had enough. If she is still gaining weight okay and is quite happy otherwise, I wouldn't worry too much. With any luck she will start feeding again properly on her own. I just thought I'd share what we are going through as well to give you another avenue to look into if she carries on.

Good luck.