My son is 20 months old, he self weaned at 12 months(Yes he SELF weaned, I was 5 months pregnant when he finally had his last taste of BM, guess he didnt like my new milk).
Anywho, I have a newborn daughter, and lately when I nurse her I have kept my bra/shirt off because its been hot..
Well my son comes up to me and is very interested in my breasts, and has even put his mouth on them but did not suck... He'll even squeeze them to see the milk squirt out lol.
Should I discourage this? I kind of miss breastfeeding him, but Idk, since he has weaned I don't want to INVITE him back....Idk if that makes sense lol
No wrong answers here. If you want to let him try, do so... it's very normal and expected. If you don't want him to, don't let him. That's fine too. Mom's choice.
That said, if you are comfortable letting him try it out, go for it, if not don't. He's likely just curious, like any baby and it will pass, but it won't hurt anything if he does take to it. The natural age of weaning is still far off from his age :-)
I would discourage it just because it sounds like he is only playing with them and you don't want him learning that its ok to just squeeze and play with breasts at such a young age. You want him to learn that they are for feeding the babies and not to be squeezed or played with.
Getting scared/excited... and I borrowed a breast pump!
- Kelseyciarah
on Jun. 19, 2012 at 2:05 AM