Letters to the Editor
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nothing here is sick or wrong
Please, people. Give this mom a break. Nothing about what she is doing is sick or wrong. She is a good mother who loves her son. However, I do think she needs to wean him, like yesterday. I had similar issues with both of my kids, both of whom were breastfed for one year. I decided to wean then because I wanted to go back to my vices (coffee and wine) and reclaim my body. Both weaned easily. We did have other "sucking" issues, however. My son used a pacifier to go to sleep until he was three. My daughter used a bottle of milk to go to sleep until she was three, as well. In the case of my son, his dentist noticed that his teeth were growing outward, and she told him, sternly, that there would be no more pacifier. He complied, and that was the end of that. I was surprised at how easily my willful boy changed his way. Next, my daughter. The dentist told her she needed to give up the bottle. Same deal. She gave it up that day (she'd had, up til this point, a three bottle a night habit that was driving us crazy). I'd advise this mom to have either the boy's pediatrician or his dentist give him a firm talking-to, thereby taking her out of the equation. She might be surprised at how easily he gives up the breast.