baby refusing to nurse from left side.

my baby has not been letting me fed him from the left side. it’s so weird. he’s 12 weeks.. he’s crying and crying, i try calming him down, putting him to sleep. he won’t eat - in fact, cried even more when i try to nurse - so i try putting him to sleep on my chest yet again. still crying. he’s pushing off but to the right side. so, even though i fed him from the right last, i try that. and he eats immediately and stops crying. what???!? it makes no sense. he’s done this several times now. any idea why or what i should do? i can’t imagine he’s getting much right now but he seems satisfied...looks like i’m gonna have to pump the left