I stopped bf my DD when she turned 1 and imagined I would do similar with DS but as its happened he has proven to be utterly devoted to the breast. I've gone with the flow (pardon the pun) and I have been mostly happy to continue with giving him what he wants (been co-sleeping too and the two have gone hand in hand). Over the last few months he has become very insistent and at night basically launches himself at me and helps himself! Around this time he started to slip his hand down my top and grab at me, I try to discourage this (especially in public!) but more than that I am finding it is all getting too much and I am exhausted with lack of sleep and frequently, lack of space (I am on my own for large chunks of time as DP works away) and I'm seriously thinking of throwing in the towel but have no idea where to even begin. Added to that I am feeling undermined by negative comments from my mum who has no insight into bf as she bottle fed me and my siblings from day one. She thinks bf at 16 months is wrong / unnecessary and frankly distasteful. My elder sister is the same despite bf her two children in the early months, she finds it all a bit weird. I stand my ground and tell them to keep their comments to themselves but it is undermining. I have no previous experience of advanced bf and I would just like to hear from others who are doing this, of insistent help-yourself babies and how long to persevere and how to wean them off? All I hear is "cold turkey" and it sounds like hell!!