My Thomas had a nursing strike, at four months, which I am almost positive was due to motion sickness. At that time, we were stationed in Germany and my parents had come to visit us, from the states. We wanted to show them as much of Europe as we could, and packed up the three kids and took off to Bavaria. By the second day of spending many hours driving on mostly windey roads, Thomas started refusing the breast, which he had never, ever done before. He had not thrown up, but had started seeming less happy and alert by the second day, so I thought maybe he was getting motion sickness. We stayed in the same place for the next couple of days, but he refused to nurse, except, like others have said, for a minute or two when he was asleep. After having worked so hard to establish a breastfeeding relationship and significant milk supply, starting with his adoption at 15 days old, I was fit to be tied! I knew we had been through the most difficult time and were getting close to where he would start solids and breastfeeding would be less demanding, and I did not want to have to give it up! Thomas kept refusing until we got home from the trip. That evening, he wouldn't nurse but, the next morning, when my mother tried to give him a bottle, he refused to have anything to do with it. I offered the breast and he nursed well, and continued to nurse until he was four years old! I am really thankful that I knew about nursing strikes, and kept trying. The nursing strike did prevent my milk supply from building any further. I started ovulating again, which I hadn't done for a couple months, and that limited things. Then, a few weeks later, Thomas started grabbing and eating any food that got within his reach, and stopped wanting to nurse 24/7. However, he still kept getting enough breast milk to help with immunities and the emotional benefits, alone, have been incredible. In fact, I credit the relationship that we developed from extended nursing with helping us get through the exceptional amount of trauma that his teen years have brought (so far). It is hard to explain how that is, but I am sure that those of you who have done extended nursing with your own children know what I mean. I wish I had the same thing with my first two sons. Anyway, looking back, I think that the fact that Thomas was willing to take a bottle, but not to nurse, because of the motion sickness, may have been because lying on his side made him dizzier, but facing up taking a bottle did not. With the baby whose situation started this thread, I wonder if the mother's being on antibiotics could have upset his stomach, given the milk a bad taste, or something of that sort. I hope it will resolve soon! Darillyn _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html