No one else I know is still breastfeeding her baby. Although it can be lonely being the only mother in a playgroup still nursing her baby, the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in your favor. Find out how to make extended breastfeeding work for you. My mother thinks I'm coddling my child by continuing to breastfeed. A lot has changed since then.
All toddlers are clingy to some degree.
Breastfeeding can be a great source of comfort and reassurance as your child moves from one developmental phase to another, says Kathleen Huggins, BabyCenter's breastfeeding expert and author of The Nursing Mother's Companion . I am currently nursing my third child at the age of 38. I was able to nurse my oldest for only 12 months before becoming pregnant with my second. He weaned himself at 25 months. These two children are now 15 and 17 years old, very healthy and self-assured.