Re head bobbing, have you tried laid back nursing or lying down to feed? Sometimes the problem is gravity pulling their head back because they're in the cradle hold (or similar) and not over the breast where gravity would pull them down on to it.
Sometimes it's just that they need a bit of time/help to get calm before they feed. Even letting him suck on your finger for a bit can help with that.
Anyway, it sounds like you're figuring it all out yourself
Thanks, I'll try the lying back thing tonight if he needs it. It still seems to be because he's not hungry though, he's very strong and puts himself where he wants - when he's doing that I can't hold his head close at all. When he does finally calm and latch on he goes straight to sleep without much actual feeding, so I think I need to just calm him first then help him get to sleep. Will see how he goes tonight!
Just to throw something else random into the mix....if he's fussing around when feeding, could reflux (even silent reflux) be an issue?
As for the wanting to go to sleep kind of on his own, that's ok too. DD2 was especially like this for me. In some ways it made my life easier as I could just pop her in bed and head straight back out to DD1
Just wanted to say it's been great reading this thread as a reminder to me that DS2 will NOT be the same as DS.... And I can't plan for, or expect it to be that way. I hope I can be as intuitive as you seem to be....the control freak in me is already worried though.
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