Hi SG,

I'm still feeding DS (almost 8 months) 4-5 times per day and while he doesn't have teeth yet, his day time feeds can be a bit sketchy. He's easily distracted and if he's not interested he'll arch his back and kinda scream till I stop trying to "force" the boob on him, iykwim. Anyway, I've learnt that if he's hungry, he'll BF. I don't stress about it any more as he started this caper a few months ago and I semi-freaked out, thinking he was starting to self wean. He wasn't. In my case I think DS is just sucking very well, so he probably gets all he wants in a few short minutes of BFing. Plus he's on 3 solids meals a day ...

Anyway, the point of my post. DS feeds best when he's half asleep and/or if there are zero distractions. So, I can only suggest trying to BF your DS in a darkened room with no distractions (TV, pets etc). Skin to skin wouldn't hurt. Not sure if this helps any, but just a thought.

Good luck.
Andie