Breast strike at eight months

[MinnieMilk]

For the last two months, DS has been on one breastfeed first thing, and three bottles, plus solids, and enjoying all feeds apparently equally. For the last week though he has been kicking up at the breastfeed. He is reluctant to go on, gets distracted and pulls off the whole time, and twice has refused point-blank, crying as if I am refusing him something. He then demolishes his breakfast as if he is starving.
It's distressing as I enjoy feeding him and would be happy to continue.
But to spare myself more heartache (and I am finding the process of rejection very difficult), should I just accept that he is calling time on the enterprise, or is it worth persisting?

Has he got any teeth coming through? I have found that DD (9 months, fully breast fed) can be like this when her teeth are bothering her - I think the suction created can really hurt them (it's not so bad with bottles or solids). She'll drink from a sippy cup with no fuss but kicks up breast feeding - but once the tooth is through she's fine again

Thanks for replying.
I don't think it's teeth. Although, since he hasn't got any yet, it's hard to be sure.
A few months ago he did something similar at the teatime breastfeed at which point I gave it up (coordinating this feed with toddler's tea was doing my head in). That was unrelated to teeth.

It's difficult to say as you know your baby best. My DD just refused to breastfeed after she had not fed for a week following her having chickenpox when she was 9 months old. I remember feeling sad at the time, but thought maybe she was telling me she was ready to stop.
If you want to try to carry on, perhaps at 8 months is it time to drop one of the bottles? Might give him more of an appetite at the breast?

i breastfed my 2 for 12months and 9 months respectivley. i had ajob to give up with ds1 that was why it lasted until 12 months, when i then basically made him go cold turkey and refused him the breast.

but ds2 started to lose interest around 8 months but i carried on until 9 months when i returned to work full time. He didn't have any bottle feeds though and when i stopped i didn't give him a bottle, just went onto a cup. sometimes it feels like they are trying to assert their independance! even at that age, and i suspect that drinking from a bottle is easier than breast feeding it is much less work for them and maybe he just wants easy milk! I would probably call it quits, but if you feel that strongly that you want to continue than i would persist for a while, perhaps dropping one of his bottles as suggested by wysiwig

Vicki and WYSIWIG, I think you're right. I do have the sense that he has probably had enough.
Since starting solids, he is definitely less interested in milk overall, so I must try not to take it too personally.
I don't think he's not hungry enough, because by 7AM he has just gone 13 hours without a feed.
Maybe I will let him have one more try tomorrow.
Glutton for punishment -- moi?