Toddler wanting to breastfeed?

Question

Have any moms experienced their toddlers having a sudden interest in your breasts once you got pregnant again? My 2 yo & I haven't nursed since he was little little & now he has a sudden fascination with my boobs. I kid you not he just kissed my boob?? Over my shirt of course. I don't know how this is going to go when he see the LO breastfeeding. Help. Advice. Anything!

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When my son was born my daughter was fascinated with how I breastfed and would sometimes say "me too"!! But I just explained to her that this is why way brother gets his milk and you get to drink it out of your cup. Now she doesn't want to nurse but she does want to help me by climbing up beside me and pressing down on my breast while her brother is eating. Luckily he is very tolerable and I let her because she thinks she's helping and i don't want her to feel left out.

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Lol my older son is 3 1/2 and finds it interesting too. I try not to feed or pump in front of him but sometimes it can't be avoided. One day he thot he needed to teach me how to feed the baby so he pulled up his shirt and pointed to his nipple to demonstrate that "mama that's where u have to give little brother his doodoo"! 
N then he saw me pumping but covered with a blanket so he poked it and said "oh no mama! There's nobody's head in there!" Coz there was obv no baby, just the pump! Kids literally say the darndest thing, but I think it's just a phase, they'll get over it soon enough and find something else to obsess over!

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My 2&4 year olds pretend to feed each other from their boobies. It weirded me out a little but I try to ignore it. I think it is normal, called regression.

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Thanks ladies! At least I know this iS normal. And it's good to know yall have figured out how to handle it. I wasn't sure if I should let him pick it back up (I definitely believe in extended breastfeeding) or if I should tell him it's just for baby. I think I will choose the latter. He has finished and that season is over for him. Bittersweet, but he knows this. Thanks :)

Toddler wanting to breastfeed?

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