The Nursing Union Strike

A few months ago one of my good friends recommended this book called The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. It has lots of great information in it. It's a ratherly lengthy book, so I've just read bits and pieces. There is a section that talks about nursing strikes. When I first read it, I thought I'm so glad that hasn't happened to me. It seems I spoke too soon... Noah decided last Thursday he was going to strike. He's getting his 3rd and 4th teeth and was biting me. He didn't like my reaction, so he went on strike. The book says the strike usually lasts 2-4 days and makes suggestions as to things to try to end the strike. We tried everything!! I dipped myself in sugar, I tried the old bait and switch method, we dripped milk into his mouth with a medicine dropper. Nothing was working. I even woke him up in the middle of the night two nights in a row thinking he would be so tired and he would nurse. Still no luck. On the way home from church today, he was falling asleep in the car. I worked and worked to keep him awake until we got home. He made it without going to sleep, but he was super tired. I decided I'd just hang over his carseat and see if that would work. (Usually, when we get him out of the seat, it kind of wakes him up.) It worked!!! It was no easy task dangling over the carseat. It was hot and rather uncomfortable, but it worked!!! I kept trying to tell him it would be easier and faster for everyone if he'd just nurse! (You can't reason with an eight month old.)