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2 yo wanting to bf like new arrival - any similar experiences?

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phlossie · 11/03/2008 14:17

I stopped bf my ds when he was 11 months old with no problems - apart from one side effect which was getting pregnant!
Now he's 25mo and obviously has been watching his sister being bf with increasing interest. To start with, he poked my breasts, then started talking about them, then talking about other people's, then trying to put his mouth on mine if he ever sees them uncovered, like in the bath...
But this week, not only has he started trying to get my boobeeahs (as he calls them) out of my bra, he was sitting on my friend's lap and tried to 'latch on' to her!
He's obsessed! I don't think he could latch on if he was given the chance, but I'm not sure how to handle it. I tried to explain how cows are milked today, and I constantly tell him that his sister has milk from mummy and he has milk in a cup - but I can see how unfair that must seem to a 2 year old
Anyone had similar experiences? Do you think he can remember being bf? What do I do? I don't want to make my breasts taboo...

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aGalChangedHerName · 11/03/2008 14:23

I had almost the same thing. DD1 gave up when i was pg with dd2 and asked for milk when dd2 was a couple of months old. I wasn't sure about and posted and Moondog(i think) said whyever not?

So i did and she still has the odd feed after her sis is finished. The dd's are 3.5 and 1.5 now btw.

kiskideesameanoldmother · 11/03/2008 14:25

he can probably still latch on. nothing wrong with letting him feed again. he may discover it isn't as good as he remembered. I think that has happened with a few on here.

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