Having weathered a couple of nursing strikes....they are horrific but the
2nd was easier than the first mainly because I was not so devastated!
First one lasted 5 days. The standard 'treatments' helped: nursing the baby
only when he was asleep progessing to very sleepy progressing to very tired
etc. Pumping milk, feeding it baby in a cup (baby was 11 months) helped
because I saw him drink the milk and knew it was not the milk that he
didn't want. I cancelled much of the rest of my life for about 3 days and
he slowly went back to breast (initial cause of strike was my loud reaction
to a bite!) Same baby at 14 months went on another strike during severe
hand foot and mouth disease, lasted 3 days before he would take the breast.
That time I was more confident he would return after pain went away.
 I think the effect on Mom can be worse than the effect on baby - tho baby
clearly was not happy in either case and that was a sign to me he was not
ready to wean. Especially when babies are around a year and Mom is
wondering about weaning and friends are making unhelpful comments Mom may
start to think she 'should' wean baby rather than persist with BF, this can
add to her dilemna. However, my formerly striking baby is still nursing
happily at 19 months!
Anne Merewood