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Hello everybody,

I am a regular visitor of this board and I experience an unusual problem.

I am a widow of 30, who lost my husband due to accident after 3 yrs of marriage. I have a boy of 7 yrs, studying in class 2.

My son was weaned at the age of one and half years. But, he has a different problem.
At times during our sleep, he used to suckle my breasts over my cloths. Sometimes he even tries to pull out my breast with his hands. All these he does at night (in sleep) only and he is not fully awake that time.

Even though my breasts doesn't secrete anything, if I BF him for a while, he'll slip into deep sleep.

He takes food of all type and he is very healthy too. I am embarrassed to ask anything about this to him or to any doctors. Is this a psychological problem or something else anybody with similar experience...I worry wether this character develop as and when he grews older.... Please HELP.

Mom savitha replied. hello, 1st of all be calm & think rationally as to how did this begin in the 1st place. u said that ur son was weaned at 1.5 yrs. why did u start it again. was it ur lonliness & fear that prompeted to start bf again? if ur mother or mil is willing u can put him to sleep beside them. try this for a week & see what happens. also enegage him in physical activities like swimming or tennis so that he will fall asleep on his own. hv u tried a seperate bed or room for him. make it special & tell him that he is becoming a big boy & he shd have his own bed. make it attractive. last, but most important don't make him feel that he has a problem or anything. try to do this as tactfully as you can. still if u feel uncomfortable u can defenitely visit a counsellor, but don't panic. ur son does not have a psychological problem. its just a habit he has formed which needs to be eliminated. good luck dear.