Neither breast milk nor formula worked. How I overcame the nightmare of nursing strikes (Breastfeeding Edition)

I am a mom currently on maternity leave, handling childcare alone on weekdays.

Around the time my daughter turned three months old, she suddenly started refusing to nurse.
Whenever I tried to latch her on, she would scream and refuse to drink. Even when I tried to give her formula in a bottle instead, she wouldn't take it...
I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from the stress of her constant crying and the fear that she would become dehydrated.

I searched the internet endlessly for "breastfeeding refusal" and "nursing strike."

"Try feeding in a different position (like upright)," "Turn off the TV and feed in a quiet environment," "Let her get hungry before feeding"...

I tried many things, but nothing seemed to work well...

Finally, I found this method, which allowed me to overcome the nursing strike.

"Feeding while she is sleepy"

This is a method where you quickly offer the breast the moment she is sleepy, right before she falls asleep or just as she wakes up.

・Feed her the moment she wakes up
・Even if she is awake, rock her to sleep and then feed her

After we kept this up for a week, she started nursing like she used to.

"Nurse the moment she wakes up!!" "Put her to sleep just to feed her!!"
It was a pretty tough week and I almost gave up, but I'm so glad I did because she started nursing properly again.
By the way, she went on a nursing strike again a week after I thought we had overcome it (lol), so I did the same thing again and completely overcame the nursing strike.

I will write about overcoming formula refusal next time!