8 week old nursing strike

Has anyone had this? No symptoms of any illness but it's been 4 days of crying at the breast, pulling away, hitting boob. But at the same time he shows hunger signals and pants with excitement if near my boobs so I keep trying him, swap sides, help the latch and its like he forgot how to latch as too stimulated /distracted. Does this whole shaking head from side to side although the nipple is basically in his mouth but he doesn't close his mouth to start to suck. Or he does and feeds for 15 s then breaks away again and cries with frustration. I don't know if this counts as a full nursing strike as I have not had to resort to a bottle and still manage to feed him (enough wet and dirty nappies). Mainly by rocking him to sleep first as he feeds absolutely fine when half asleep. Dark room helps a bit and rocking and shushing and I fed him in public no problem with a muslin and rocking and shushing (admittedly he was also sleepy). Any advice? Will this pass? It's so exhausting and I really hope it improves before I have to see his dad's relatives at Christmas as I'm sure from a outsiders perspective it must look like it's my fault and I can just imagine the comments of just give a bottle. Aaaah! Thank god I can rock him to sleep in a sling. Looking for some encouragement as I realise the more anxious I get about it the worse he will latch when he's awake. I'm not sure if it's a fast let down or him being able to see and feel so much more with the development leap or both. I can't use a feeding pillow anymore as his legs need to hang or he kicks off any surface and gets distracted by that and he seems to want to feed more upright with my knees supporting him 🙈 exhausted