Nursing strike 😣

Oh this is probably more frustrating to me than the process of getting him to learn how to latch in the beginning. He gets bottles also- has since birth- but the last week he SCREAMS at the top of his lungs when I try to nurse him in the middle of the night. This has been our norm for 4 months... bottles and occasional nursing during the day and just nursing at night... never had any problems, until now. Sometimes I can get him to latch if I calm him down with lullaby music but if I’m being honest and real- I’m too exhausted in the middle of the night to battle, so I’ve been giving in and letting him have the bottle and I have to pump which is annoying. I’ve done lots of research in these wee hours that I’m sitting awake now and it appears it could be caused by teething they believe which would make sense because I definitely think he is teething. And it actually says if the baby is really upset to not force the breast because you give a negative relationship with the breast. Part of me is so frustrated by it that I feel like throwing in the towel on breastfeeding. I’m sure it’s the exhausted me talking because when he nurses well there’s no better feeling...😔😖😖😭😭😭

The pictures are him post two successful nursing sessions... those are the moments when it feels good 😕❤️

*** please no negative comments. I know this is normal and it will pass. I should stick with it. It’s best for baby. I know all of that so no need to preach to me. BUT what I also know is my sanity and sleep is also good. I’m not saying I’m stopping now, just said it makes me feel like I want to.