Baby refuses to latch anymore

Question

Before I start work, I have been latching baby a few times a day. My baby loved me to latch and can latch for quite long. Now that I am back to work, I started not to latch my baby anymore (zero or one time) as I’m very tired after work and long traveling time back home. My baby is slowly rejecting my boobs whenever I try to latch him. I don’t know why am I feeling heartbroken and bittersweet. Somehow I miss the bonding and times I look at him latching, but not the painful suction from him. I hope he won’t forget I’m the mommy too 🥲How do I make him latch back again? Is this a nursing strike? Or baby is unfamiliar with latching since I have stopped latching now?

Dawn · Answer

i was v bad at BF... hope u do better than me 💕

Anonymous · Answer

This recently happened to me too. My baby drinks both breastmilk and formula. Usually breastmilk in the day formula at night. But I think last yesterday I had to go out settle some stuffs when I came back it was alr late night so baby had formula the whole day :< and when I tried to latch bb he didn’t want to latch AT ALL. I kept trying and he kept rejecting or latch awhile then he’ll cry really loudly… I tot I’ll be happy when he finally rejects my milk so I can go back to eating raw salmon but no!! I broke down so hard ( I’m dramatic af gahagahah) but anyways I did some googling and being separated for awhile could be the reason why baby doesn’t want to latch anymore. But my mommy told me to calm down and don’t give up.. anyways I didn’t give up I cut down his formula and offered more of my breast milk! Don’t give up mommy u got this!!!!