2.7yo ds is breastfed.
It is not a particularly positive thing for either of us. I am SO over it, and he is anxious and wants 'milkies' all day long. Every time I sit down. The whinging drives me mad and at times I really resent having him hanging off my boob.
I do try and set sensible ground rules (breast feeding manners I suppose) but I struggle to keep it up as he is a very strong willed child, is often ill, and I get to the point where it is just easier to give in.
There are some really positive aspects to him still breast feeding too. It is all bad.
Despite not loving it, I think that taking it away from him would be really harsh on him. He is old enough now to understand, question, and complain vociferously. Milkies is his comfort blanket, it is the thing he loves more than anything else in the whole world, and it would take a stronger woman than me to take that away from him.
It often occures to me that it would have been MUCH MUCH easier to wean him off the breast when he was younger. So, my question: in a year from now will I be kicking myself and thinking how much easier it would have been to wean him off at 2.7yo than it is at 3.7yo? OR will there come a point when his understanding and need for breast feeding lessens and it becomes easier to wean him off again?
Did I explain that well enough?