Baby won’t breastfeed

Hi Mommas,

My baby boy is 20 weeks old today. Up until now he has been exclusively breastfed and was doing very well at it. For the past 3 weeks he has refused to breastfeed. As soon as I put him on his breastfeeding pillow he will arch his back and scream the house down. Recently he suffered with a cold / flu but that seems to have cleared now.

Is he teething? He is constantly chewing on his hands and pulling his ears but not drooling so much.

Plus he hates bottles so I can’t even feed him formula :(

Did anyone else have something similar with their baby? If so how long did it last before they started breastfeeding again?

Thank you in advance!