Baby refusing to breastfeed
Your baby may refuse to breastfeed for a number of reasons: a change
in the taste of your breast milk, sometimes caused by a course of medicine
or a change of diet, or a change in the taste of the breast, perhaps because
you have used a nipple cream. If you have been using a nipple shield (a
rubber cap that fits over the nipple with a hole to allow the milk through)
, your baby may also refuse your nipple when you stop using the shield.
Remedies
- Identify what is causing the refusal
- Make changes more gradually; for example, continue using a nipple
shield, but take it off after a minute or two
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