<< At night when he is falling asleep he slips his hand inside my shirt and lightly rests his fingers over one nipple. If he walks in while mom is changing clothes he will stand in front of me and reach up and place his hand over my breast. If he is tired or ill he will do the same. He strongly feels they are his "boobies" and he does not like to see me hug or hold anyone else,.....I would really like any references to the "normalness" of this. Can anyone help me?>> Pam, I too went through a similar situation. My son nursed to almost 3 although continued to "fiddle" with my nipple for at least the next year or more. I became pregnant when he was 4 and towards the end of the pregnancy I just couldn't stand the "fiddling" anymore - I was fortunate to have the "excuse" of " this hurts mommy right now " I didn't want to say the "baby needs my breasts soon" and have animosity towards the baby. Eventually I just had him lay with me (he did this when he was tired - It basically took the place of nursing), and I would just hold him to go to sleep. He was able to ease out of it before his sister was born. She is now 4 and has told me that she plans to nurse til 5 LOL!!!! Of course this is only at night or morning for a total of 5 minutes. I seriously doubt this will actually last that much longer - but she is definitely healthier. Oh well :) Donna Kimick Intern LC Long Island NY "It's the lucky baby, I feel, who continues to nurse until he's two." Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH Surgeon General 1990-1993 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html