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Oct 2024
37m 32s

Nursing Strikes and Starting Solid Foods...

KATIE FERRARO
About this episode

#472: What if your baby suddenly stops breastfeeding around the time they also start solid foods. What is a nursing strike and how do you get your baby interested in breastmilk again? Erin Walsh is an SLP who also specializes in breastfeeding and she’s here to talk about nursing strikes and how breastfeeding changes when your baby starts solid foods.


Listen to this episode to learn:

  1. What a nursing strike is and what some of the causes might be to less breastfeeding
  2. How to re-establish a connection with your nursing baby if they’re getting distracted
  3. How to organize solid food feedings around continued breastfeeding for older babies


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