I would like everyone's opinion that has breastfed their kids over a year. Recently my son has been refusing to eat much food and prefers to be stuck on the breast. He is 16 months old, he will eat but very very little. I do want to wean him so he will eat more but at the same time I do not want to completely stop breastfeed him. My mother has been very vocal on her opinion that I should stop already and that I am spoiling him and enabling this bad behavior, as she calls it, that I let him breastfeed on demand and that he isnt getting his necessary vitamins and protein from his milk. I feel guilty thinking I am doing completely wrong, I am confused between doing what my family says and doing what my baby wants. He also refuses to bottle feed or even drink his milk in a sippy cup. His phase for refusing to eat has started for about a week or two, he has been sick with a cold and ear infection so I have let him breastfeed as much as he wants. My mother says I am doing wrong and if I take the breast away he will have no choice but to eat but I dont want to do that it feels wrong and even cruel because he is still small. I would just like everyone's opinion and what they would do in this situation.

TIA for everyone's input and honesty.