Three months into nursing, my daughter decided to go on a nursing strike. When the baby rejects the breast for anywhere between two days to three weeks, it's typically called a nursing strike. And, unfortunately, bottle-fed babies aren't immune to strikes.
My lil one decided to go for a record breaker and tortured me for close to three weeks. It was a nightmare. She wouldn't take a bottle, sippy cup or a regular cup. I even resorted to a medicine dropper, which was not fun or effective.
Before I lost my sanity, I went to visit a lactation consultant. She thought it was evident that my babe was too interested in the world around her to take time to eat. So she gave me some advice — to wear a big colorful necklace so my baby had something to focus on and play with instead of just boring old me. Thankfully, the tip worked and my lil angel returned.
Source
Uniqlo
That's a great tip!! I know my son LOVES playing with my husbands dog tags, that i wear.... Not that he has a problem staying interested in the booby, he's a total booby boy lol..
Nice to see that nursing tips are included around here!
1Great tip, I'll be sure to keep this in mind.
2Wow, three weeks is a really long time!
A nice, quiet and low-lit room will help a
nursing baby focus as well.
3I'm v far from having kids but for some reason I'm obsessed with this section! Love the tip, I find that really cute your daughter was too bored to think of eating.
(question: the 'lil' word everywhere is driving me insane, is it just me? :/ )
4Advah, I'm totally obsessed w/ this section too!!!!
And, like you, I am about 5-7
years away from baby time! 
But then again, I've ALWAYS been baby crazy!!!
This is a great tip! I am going to try to stockpile everything in my mind so that I can remember all of this in several years!
5That's never happened to me. That must have been painful! I feel for you!
Thanks for the tip.
6OH! So -that's- what the problem is. Brody sometimes decides he doesn't want to eat from one side, but will be perfectly fine if I put him on the other side. Maybe I'll try getting a nursing necklace. Thanks for the tip!
7I'm like the other ladies on this board, far from having a baby but I had to comment.
All you ladies are talking about getting a nursing necklace but what you're forgetting is the spin you can put on this necklace to your hubby/boyfrind/baby daddy.
After days/weeks of no baby eating love, you can go up to him and say "our baby isn't eating, I read in all my books and online that they need something sparkly to look at while nursing." At that very moment you hand him a Tiffany's catalogue with all of the pretty necklaces convieniently circled for him.
Voila, two birds, one stone.
8That's a great tip! Most new moms mistake a nursing strike for weaning. Thanks for posting this!
9Never knew this could happen. Good tip.
10I am also in the no-baby-for-awhile-love-this-section boat! this is a great tip that made me laugh a little too. easy to laugh now till i get my turn with a little one that doesn't want to eat!
11kimdangirl,
Awesome idea!!
the look on my b/f's face would be priceless!!! I am definitely going to do that if my future
baby(ies) goes on strike!
12The same thing happened to me. I found a great nursing necklace at mymamarocks.com. Now my daughter plays with it all the time. If I am not wearing it she says, "rock? rock?" It's so cute, it sounds more like, "walk? walk?" But it's a good looking necklace so I wear it all the time.
13Post New Comment
Please share your opinion with our community, but make sure it is on topic and follows our Community Rules. We moderate comments and prohibit personal attacks, threats, spam, lewd images, or the promotion of your personal website.