Hi. I do not have much experience in helping mothers breastfeed yet and have come across a recurring problem that i seem to have little to offer help with - wondering what track i should be taking... The scenario is frequently a mother who has been successfully breastfeeding for a couple of months and then the baby starts refusing the breast - even pushing the breast away and not attempting to attach.... this without the mother reporting sore breasts and the baby otherwise well...I have had several mothers quit breastfeeding after becoming fustrated from the effort required just to attach the fighting baby so often. One case appeared to be related to recommencement of menses (?change of taste of milk??), and i gather from recent messages that thrush may be related, or GOR, but in the absence of these what else should i look for? and what advise can i give the mother to help the baby attach? Many thanks! Joy MBBS DRACOG Albany, Western Australia