My son has been really 'fussy' at his afternoon/evening feeds for almost six weeks and I am almost at the end of my patience. He feeds, pulls off, screams, goes on, pulls off, screams, etc etc. I know this is a common problem but now it seems to be spreading to his other feeds as well and I am at the point of giving up and putting him on the bottle.

At the moment I manage the problem by putting a dummy in his mouth as soon as he starts to cry/scream, let him calm down, and then put him back on again. This technique works fairly well, and I usually manage to get a fair bit into him, but this situation can't go on forever.

Can anyone tell me when this stops?