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Thu, 11 Sep 1997 23:27:58 -0400
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I had a Mom call today with a 4 1/2 month old on nursing strike. She
weathered one strike two weeks ago. She has recently gone back to work.
Bottle was intro'd at  4 weeks (always containing breastmilk) and baby took
one or two a day since then. Now baby gets more bottles and has decided she
wants bottle at every feed and refuses breast. Has not nursed at breast for
2 days even at night. Mom knows techniques for nursing strike, has started
sleeping with baby, trying to get to her while sleepy, before really
hungry, etc. Basically Mom has done everything right. She came through last
strike OK but is now saying "how can I deal with this every week?"
My one suggestion Mom had not tried was to try substituting bottle with a
cup so baby gets less sucking pleasure and will seek breast (baby doesn't
have a pacifier but sucks fingers) for sucking comfort. Also tried to
reassure about distractible 4 month olds, phases, adjustments to return to
work etc. Anyone else have any other bright ideas?
Anne Merewood

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