This weekend has been a nightmare when it comes to breastfeeding. Little Man is breaking his latch every few seconds and then screaming bloody murder. Usually this is his sign that he needs to be burped, but he's doing it within moments of starting to chow down or even after he's been burped. It's also his sign that he's still hungry and there is no more chow (something that rarely happens) but my boob is obviously still mostly full. It's like he's become lazy and doesn't want to work for his food. After every feeding yesterday, I ended up giving him a bottle of milk pumped from that same boob that he was just eating off of. Today, I spent nearly an hour trying to convince him again and again to just keep eating at the source and it ended with us both in tears. What in the world is up?!

He's been a pro latcher from day one. He's also been bottle fed from day one (thanks to the hospital, not my original plan) and never had a problem switching back and forth. He only gets 3 bottles a day at daycare and the rest is all boob and before this weekend, he'd get MAYBE two bottles all weekend long.

I know this is the age where the world around them gets more interesting than eating and I've seen a little bit of that in the mornings, but this doesn't seem like distraction issues at all. He's not looking around at all. He's breaking off, fussing, and then screaming. I've tried a dark room, I've tried covering his face so it's just him and my boob. I've tried rocking him. I've tried different positions for him and me.  He's bobbing for my boob and not latching like he has no clue what he's doing. Except he DOES. He's been doing this for nearly four months. I've tried holding him in position (holding his head so he's not able to jerk back) and that's not working either. I'm so frustrated. I don't want to fail at this. But I can't deal with a fussy "Oh my god, I'm staaaaaaaarrrrrrrvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiinnnnnnggggggggg" baby either.  When he's not hungry, he's not fussy, so I don't think he's feeling ill or anything.

Every time I give him a bottle and he gulps it down, I feel that that's just one more strike against him making an effort to properly latch and drink straight fromn the source. Do I stop with the bottles and listen to the screaming? Do I go back and forth and hope this is a phase? Do I go insane and feed him to the mountain lions?

And before it gets suggested, I live in the sticks and there is no La La Leche within two hours of here. And the only breastfeeding group meets at 1 pm on Thursdays. Because that's convenient for those of us who work....

Internet mommies, HELP!!