cold and windy

We are ready for warm weather here in Cheyenne....it has been cold and windy it seems like for the last week or so....Dylan didn't sleep well last night so therefore I didn't sleep well either...such is life......business has been busy....Dylan is napping on his own right now...gosh I am just so in love with this little guy.....I love that he loves to cuddle...and his little vocabulary is growing everyday...just way to cool...I have made a decision the other day that I have resigned myself to breastfeeding another year or so....we have limited Dylan's breastfeeding to 3 or 4 times a day....breastfeeding 2 year old boys in Cheyenne Wyoming isn't the most acceptable or popular choice....I think I put a 2 year limit on breastfeeding because first and foremost it would be nice to be done with it and number two I think I somewhat feel the pressure from outside sources....those are not the right reasons for myself or for Dylan....I think Dylan of course would be fine and get through it if we had to quit breast feeding....but the truth is that we don't have to....the truth is that he loves it....and gets so excited and happy when he gets to breast feed....I have done a little research on weaning children Dylan's age....most of what I read stated that they will usually wean themselves if you have breast feed them to the age of 2 sometime between 2 and half years old to 4 years old...especially if they are not drinking from a bottle, have a blanket, or using a pacifier it is way for them to soothe themselves....breast feeding your child beyond 2 years old is the norm pretty much everywhere else except in the United States.....it truly has been a amazing bonding and loving and very natural experience for both myself and Dylan....if you had asked me before I became pregnant if I would ever breast feed my child much less breast feed my child until he was 3...I would tell you HELL NO not happening here....so I understand the judgement that is out there...jeez I was one of them....but for Dylan it is the right thing to continue....so far I have parented from my motherly instincts and from my own values...the last couple of months I have had concerns about putting a time limit on the breast feeding....but I was also looking forward to having my body back....now that I have made the decision to let the breastfeeding completely wean sometime over the next year I feel so much better about it....I feel like I am giving my child what he needs and what makes him happy and in turn it makes me happy....I think over the next year we will limit the amount of nursing and once we feel Dylan is emotionally ready then we will wean him for good.....