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