You are changing the dynamic. Every time you pull away your H seems to be overly nice.
What you are doing reminds me of MWD in the book when she talks about experiments. You are trying out something different, keeping your distance whereas you used to jump at the chance to reconnect. See how it goes. It's a little test. Maybe that will help make it easier to stick to it.
It seems like your H is trying to smooth things over because he sees you are ticked off. This has happened a couple times in your situation -- you pull away, he gets nicey-nicey. It's possible I am wrong, mind-reading is a no-no. I definitely think it would be a mistake to read his compliments as an effort to connect. More likely he is having difficulty adapting to your changes.
