My DD is almost 11 months old, and just popped her first tooth last week. She was pretty miserable during the teething process, but was getting better... until Saturday night when I went to nurse her, she bit me. The surprise and pain shocked me, and I yelled out, which I think scared her, and she pushed back away from me, crying and got really upset. I tried again to nurse her than night, and she would get more upset as I tried to put her near my breast. I had been nursing her to sleep (yes, I know this is a problem, and was thinking that I need to stop that anyways, but this is not the way I wanted to do it). So I ended up rocking her to sleep that first night. She did "dream feed" when she woke at her usual time overnight Monday but refused to nurse throughout the day, even when I offered the breast in different positions, at different times... at times she should be hungry. She did take EBM in a bottle.
So on Tuesday she didn't want to nurse all day. I had even taken her to the doctor in the morning, as her diaper was dry in the morning, when it is usually soaked. I wanted her to check for an ear infection, because other than the refusal to nurse and being grumpy, there were no other signs of illness, and doctor said she was fine, but to try to nurse/give fluids as the dry diaper was a bit of a concern, especially with the heat. Doctor was surprised that she is doing a nursing strike, as she knows my DD loves to nurse. DD is also small for her age (16lb 1oz at 11months) and not great at eating solids, so I had been relying on her loving to nurse!
How can I get her back to my breast?
