I hope I haven't chosen a dodgy day to post...(just going by another thread)
Brief story-DC and I were in the midst of a very happy BF relationship at 21 months (one or two feeds a day) and I planned to let him self wean. I had an accident at Christmas and was unable to feed, first due to medication (opiates) and then due to my physical limitations/pain. DS was therefore weaned very suddenly. He was fantastic and accepted that I was "broken" as an explanation and in the acute stage barely asked, just looked very worried all the time when he approached me. Needless to say I was pretty heartbroken and actually cried more about this than my injuries!
Once I was up and about again I suppose I could have started up again albeit with some positioning difficulty but decided not to, as I thought that this may be very confusing for him (Mummy says no, now she says yes etc).
DS still comes into bed to hold my nipple every morning. It clearly soothes him. He also asks for milk in a fairly jokey way and sometimes says "want some, want some". I stick to my explanation "the milk went away when Mummy was broken". Today he crawled up and latched on. He quickly came off again but asked for the other side so I let him. This seemed to satisfy him "milk all gone".
Am I dealing with this appropriately? Does the fact that he is STILL asking 3 months later mean he was really really not ready? Is it strange to let him stroke me?