I have a shocking comfort sucker too. If he's not swallowing and he looks mostly asleep, I get a crowbar and prise my nipple back. Wish he'd sleep through the night, but he still wakes up about 3-4 times (except for the growth spurt where he was waking up hourly all night - argh!)

Almost 10 months for this fellow, 14 for the last baby and 9 (formula during the day from 7 months) for the first so that's a fair fraction of my life I've spent breastfeeding now. This one is going to be much easier to get onto a sippy cup, #2 had absolutely no idea what to do with a cup but #3 has had a lifetime of finding half-empty sippy cups stashed in weird places around the house filled with all sorts of delicious liquids and knows exactly what to do with one

He's currently hiding under my chair while I'm having breakfast amd I'm slipping him spoonfuls of weetbix, so I'm typing to slurping smacking noises.