Dear Fiona, The baby who suddenly refused the breast sounds like one of those cases where you wonder what else is going on. One thing that came to my mind was that all this has happened over the Christmas holiday when stresses tend to be high, mothers have many other things to worry about, there may be extra people around or traveling to see people. During the nursing strike how was the mother feeding the baby? Does she use a dummy/pacifier/soother (I'm not sure what they're called in Australia!)? These things may have had an impact. Keep us posted. Lesley Robinson, IBCLC, LLL Leader Corning, NY (-14 degrees C this morning)