I can only imagine what my poor mum went through. She bf'ed all of us for 18 months, that's me, then twins, then another!!!

One of my first words was 'aboo' which meant a boob, or feed me or whatever and I was pretty insistant so she tells me!

I think Angelfish has some good ideas. I'm all for gentle parenting and letting the child decide what's right, but a child with no concept of boundries is not fun for anyone to be around. Of course babies are babies...but at what point does a cute baby become a handful of a toddler?