Hi. My DH and I seem to be going round in circles about giving up BF our 15 month old DS. My first two DCs self weaned at 13 months and 11 months (tummy bug), and I just assumed this baby would too... I never learn about making assumptions about children!
He has happily been having just a morning and night feed since 12 months, with cows milk throughout the day. But my DH (who is a very supportive and involved DH indeed!) feels it's time for DS to stop feeding, and I don't. He believes DS doesn't need it anymore nutritionally, and if he's only doing it for comfort / reassurance then he should have other ways of being comforted. (This is a bit of a misnomer as it's not like I'm feeding him because he's crying, but I assume he likes it and gets comfort from it because he's always keen).
I feel like it's a lovely 20 mins or so where I spend some time with him alone, basically cuddling and having a love fest with my baby.
At which stage DH points out that I'm doing it more for me than DS!
DH has said he doesn't want me to stop if I don't want to, but it is his son too, so I'm trying to understand both points of view. Does anyone have any wise words to offer my confused mind?
I just can't see a good reason to stop, and then DH asks the logical question of 'well would you feed him if he liked it age 12?' And I say no, but can't definitively say at what age I would want to stop.
And on my rambling thoughts plod...