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I think you are doing everything right....whoever thinks that you must wean when the child is 6mos old, or when they get teeth, well thats their own opinion...but its not mine...

I nursed my first son for only a few months...and then weaned him myself...I now wish I had let him self wean...

With my second son, I wanted to nurse longer, instead of giving up, like I did with my first child...so I just let him keep nursing...

When I started him on a cup, with milk, either at 6-8months, he developped a bad rash...the doctor said, it was a milk rash, and that he was allergic to milk, and that I should stop using whole milk for a while, and just stick to nursing him, which I did....

When he did get his first teeth, he bit me only once....when I pulled back at the pain, he seemed to sense he was nursing wrong...from then on, he never bit me again...any baby, with teeth, can and does easily learn to nurse without biting...

By the time he was a year old, the nursing had dropped of dramatically...we periodically introduced whole milk, to see if his allergy went away....

The allergy persisted for a while, tho it lessened and lessened over the months....between the ages of 1 and 2 yrs, he nursed only when he woke in the morning, before he went to bed at nite, and then for comfort, if he was sick, or had hurt himself....

By the time he was 2yrs of age, he nursed only once a day, just before he went to bed...

By the age of 2 1/2 yrs, he probably only nursed once a week, usually for comfort, again if he was ill, or just out of sorts...

At the age of 3, one day, he just stood up and announced to us all, 'I am now a big boy, no more peeing in my pants, no more mommys milk'...and true to his word, he never did pee his pants again, nor did he ever want to nurse again...

Hes as healthy as they come...hes 28 now, very rarely ever sick, and has actually never had a cavity in his life, tho he takes rotten care of his teeth...

There were people telling me my son would go to school, still wanting to nurse...obviously they knew nothing...

Most babies, will naturally wean themselves between the ages of 2 and 3...

Thanks for the report. This is interesting: CNN's health reporter, Elizabeth Cohen, Breastfeeding Older Kids

Yep. I also wonder if she ever pushed her child to keep his privates covered, when he didn't "decide to do it himself." You know that kids will seem to go on streaking forever if you dont' enlighten them to the social benefits of modesty.