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Any Experience with a Nursing Strike?
Asked by M.R. from Washington DC
on June 6, 2009
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DS is now 11 months-old and is refusing the breast. He has been refusing anything from a bottle and/or sippy cup for about 2 months, which makes this more stressful s...
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- My daughter and I went through a nursing strike when she was 10 weeks old. Same thing as you, she bit me, I screamed, she screamed. It lasted about a week. I was de...
- The same happened with my daughter when she was 10.5 months. She bit me and I put her down and said no, because I read that's what you are supposed to do to get them t...
- Hang in there M., my DS did the same thing at the same age. Literally one day he took the breast and the next day he didn't and every time I tried to give it to him he...
Hunger Strike?
Asked by J.H. from Dallas
on September 9, 2007
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I think my 10 month old son is on a hunger strike? He is not interested in eating foods or nursing as long as he use to. For the last 2 days he is nursing less- like n...
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- Probably teething or possibly starting to show his independence by wanting to feed himself!! My 14 mo. old is cutting 4 teeth right now and won't eat anything at some ...
- I don't have any ideas other than teething, but I know how hard it is when they aren't nursing as much as usual. I would just pump what he doesn't eat so you continue...
- Sounds pretty normal to me. At about 9 1/2 mo. my daughter decided she wanted to feed herself... but it took us a week to catch on we just thought she was refusing to...
Hunger Strike
Asked by S.D. from Austin
on August 27, 2011
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My almost 4 year old has decided to try out hunger strikes. This is a control issue, not a food issue, and I'm having trouble fine tuning my strategy. It starts with...
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- She can go take a nap when she's acting up or she can get the plate out of the fridge and eat it. She will not starve herself. So long as you aren't feeding her anchov...
- I have not read any of the other answers, but I had great luck with this.You have some really good ideas about not giving snack food in between. The only thing I would...
- Stick with it. Mom! You are right, its not about food! Maybe you are feeding her dinner too late? I found my kids at that age had a window of time for cooperation. Aft...
11 1/2 Month Old on Nursing Strike
Asked by D.R. from Chicago
on July 25, 2008
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I have a 11 1/2 month old who has been nursing 6-7 times/day. She has 3 teeth. All of a sudden she decided that she is not going to nurse. She would not nurse in th...
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- I know this is late, but you can also try latching her on while you're standing up. This worked for my daughter many years ago when she went on strike.
- Hi There - I've read that 11-1/2 months is a common age for kids to ween themselves. Two of my three kids, and several of my nieces and nephews have similarly weened t...
- If that were the case then we'd have a lot of starving young people out there. Who wouldn't react that way if they are bitten. Point is it's happened to you, to me and...
Sudden Nursing strike/Teething Tablets
Asked by J.B. from Kansas City
on September 28, 2009
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Help! My nearly 1-year-old son suddenly refused to breastfeed 6 days ago. He isn't sick and has always been an avid nurser. We were nursing 4x a day, and suddenly l...
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- If it is teething, the teething tablets are great. I have used them a lot with my son and they have worked miracles. Our Ped told us not to bother with oragel or any o...
- I would suggest checking with your ped before getting teething tablets. Ours told us not to use them because the herb in them is actually not safe for infants. Not...
- Teething tablets are AMAZING. It's the only thing that soothed my son when he was teething...not even Tylenol worked. It could quite possibly be just teething, and...
Baby Food Strike!
Asked by J.L. from Louisville
on June 3, 2009
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My daughter just turned 9 months old on June 1. We started her on baby food (I make all her baby food) at about 6 months and she has always done great with it! In fa...
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- You can give her "adult" food if it's soft and can be mashed. Bananas cut into small pieces and mashed with a fork (to make it softer), peas mashed up a bit, carrots ...
- First of all, don't panic. Babies go through a lot of stages. Like the previous poster said, give her small chunks of soft foods, no bottle until later. If she is g...
- the food you are eating will not harm her at all, just a lot less spice. Cut it up very well and put it on her tray, or little plate. The teeth could be a whack, but...
22 Month Old on Potty Training Strike??
Asked by M.L. from Dallas
on August 9, 2007
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I have an almost 23 month old boy and I noticed a while back that he was taking his diaper off and wanting to use the "adult" potty. I've got him on kind of a schedual...
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- Hi M., My daughter will offically be 2 this month. She has loved her potty since she turned 1 when I first introduced it to her. Like your son, she takes off her d...
- If he's having that many accidents a day, chances are despite his interest he's just not ready yet. This is completely normal btw. He's not even 2 for goodness sake...
- It's okay! Sometimes they 'fall back'. My daughter started potty training at 2 and stopped. Now she's 3 and out of the blue....we said Good Bye to diapers and Hello to...
2 Year Old on Nap Strike. Help!
Asked by J.H. from New York
on February 1, 2010
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My LO is 2 years 3 months and until this week he takes 2-3 hour naps daily. All of a sudden this week he hasn't napped for 4 days straight. He goes into his crib like ...
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- A bit young to be done with naps, so keep trying. Maybe give him a book in his crib. Maybe it'll distract him. If ends up not napping anymore, perhaps he'll take one e...
- J., My son will be 2.5 in 2 weeks, and we are going through this ourselves. You might want to take a look at some of the replies to my question a couple of days ago. ...
- Hi J.! Yep, it's a phase that we all have been through. Nap strikes happen at exactly this age (and sometimes one more time during the 2nd year -- so don't be surpri...
Information or Suggestions for Dealing with a "Nursing Strike"
Asked by Y.L. from Atlanta
on April 13, 2008
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I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this and has any suggestions for me. My 10 month old has always been good nurser. On the day she turned 10 months, she quit nur...
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- Take that as a blessing the child stopped on it own. You can still give the milk to her from a bottle. Just buy a brest pump and use it. This way she will stil getti...
- Sounds like self weaning to me! If she is done, you really are wasting your time trying to have her continue! She is ready to move on with foods. Don't feel bad it i...
- Y., Both my sons, now 5 years and 18 months, started the same thing around 10 months. I kept pumping until 12 mos. and used a sippy cup with tiny holes. They loved ...
10 Month Old Not Interested in Any Kind of Solid Food All of a Sudden
Asked by R.R. from Austin
on September 20, 2011
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My 10 month old baby boy does not want to eat. I used to feed him just twice a day, 3-4 tbsp of oatmeal/barley cereal with veggies/fruits.. I've tried all kinds of veg...
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- he might be sick with a stomach bug or his little throat might be hurting him. its not normal at all when they stop eating its a sign that something is wrong. they mig...
- No juice, it superesses his appetite. Try cherrios with bananas, cherrios with avocado etc. He might still be getting use to the new textures. It usually takes about 2...
- This is an odd one... What are his stools like? What about urine output? Meaning, how many wet diapers a day? Or do they seem drier than usual? Is he teething? P...
