I wanted to post here in case anyone else was in this situation because when I was struggling it was hard to find many others who had my experience.. Some of you may even remember my posts..
My dd2 has severe learning disability and I was wondering ( when I posted here a couple of years ago) how on earth I could ever withdraw the breast while she needed it for comfort at least and possibly nutrition at times..
Anyway.. this story has a happy ending coz I just stuck with it.. enjoying the fact that I could connect with her in this way and that she got so much comfort from this closeness with me..
I have name changed to avoid all the possible judgey comments but I'm proud to say that she self weaned.. without any distress and all by herself decided it was time to move on.. She has clearly reached a developmental stage at 5.5 years that enabled her to tolerate separation and find other sources of comfort and I am very proud of her. It is the end of an era and there's sadness in me of course but I'm glad I stuck with it and had faith in her ability to lead the weaning process and she did it! Eventually! Now for some new bras!!