My ds is refusing my breast. He has been off of them for a little bit but this week he has been getting worse and worse. Today I practially had to make him. He feed at 5 am and went back to sleep. Usually he wants to eat as soon as he wakes up (after naps too). That was a no go. He would take it but then after a minute he would scream and cry. He was starving and crying but he wouldn't take it. i gave him solids and he gobbled them up. I had to take him and turn all the lights off, play music, and rock him and he would eat but not like he used to, and not as much.
I am at a lose for what to do or why it is happening. He is 6 months old. He used to love to eat! I mean LOVE it. Tonight he wouldn't take them when I tried to feed he before bed. He ate for a minute and then screamed. DP gave him a bottle, which he would take occationally before to see what he would do. He ate that no problem.
It isn't his reflux. It is like he doesn't want it/like it. Could it taste bad? My doctor prescribed me to use an estrogen cream because well I have none. I have been doing that for about a week and a half. Could that be causing it? If I stop using it will it go back or am I done?
Please help I feel so rejected and sad. I really don't want to stop bfing.