No Back Ups when Syncing and "Back Up" options VANISHED from iTunes menu!

iTunes 8.2.1
iPhone 3GS 3.0.1
My iphone used to back up every single time it synced. Now, not only won't it do so, but right clicking on the iphone icon in the itunes contextual menu no longer even shows "back up" as an option.
Deleted the backups in the preferences window (there were two) as a post somewhere else online suggested this would "force" a backup during the next sync, but it still won't back up.
Before deleting the backups there was a "restore from back up" option in the menu, now there is no mention of back ups whatsoever.
About a week or so ago, during a sync I manually quit a backup since i was in a rush (just adding a few apps) and I've read that is always an option if you need a speedy sync. Since my iphone was often synced a dozen plus times a day, I didn't think anything of missing one backup.
Not sure if that's what caused the behavior but I'm guessing it started around that time since the most recent dated backup I saw before deleting them was from over a week ago.
Have rebooted and tried hard reset. Have restarted iTunes and my computer. Still no back up.
Have also tried connecting and disconnecting with "automatically sync when this iphone is connected" both on and off, with no effect on backing up either way.
Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated! I hate going without a backup altogether. Thanks!

It's a vacation day: Patience
I did a search and one or more of these messages may be useful (or not)
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=%28optionsVANISHED+from+iTunesmenu%29&objID=f1333&dateRange=last90days&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
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