Extended Breast Feeding? Not exactly....

So I was laying in my bed asleep this morning, topless as usual. Having a 2 month old that breastfeeds and co-sleeps, being topless is just plain easier to not have to fiddle and fumble with shirts and bras. I've tried it off and on for years and lemme just say- sleeping with a bra on just plain sucks.

So I'm laying there more asleep than awake and my 2 year old came in and climbed on top of me to lay on me. This is not unusual for him, he's always loved skin to skin contact, and he's in nothing but a diaper more often than not.

After dozing back off with him laying on me, I was awakened by him suddenly latching on to my breast!
I wasn't really sure what to do at first. I didn't think he'd actually hang on and eat- I figured he'd suck a few times and be done with it. But I was shocked when he laid there for at least 20 minutes nursing away. Finally I sat up and held him for a little while. Then 2 children started asking me for cereal, and Becky started fussing on the bed behind me. So I had to make him unlatch- to which he protested loudly "Mommy, wait!"
I turned around and grabbed 7 and switched Tommy to the other breast and he latched right back on and ate for another 20-30 minutes.
Finally I had to make him just quit. I needed coffee, the older children needed food, I needed to pee, and let's face it, after 20 minutes of straight nursing my nipples weren't exactly very happy with me.
I did tell him he could have more later, but mama needed to get up now. He protested loudly, but I had no choice but to ignore him.

4 more times after that today he has nursed. I nursed him to sleep for his nap, then nursed him a couple times while Becky was nursing, then finally nursed him to sleep at bed time.

I must say, it's definitely strange. He's almost 26 months old, and weaned 1 year ago almost to the day! Oh, I forgot to mention- he's also 40 lbs and almost as tall as my 4 year old. I mean, he latches on and his head is hanging off one leg, then his butt is hanging off the other leg.
AND I can communicate with him, and he can communicate with me. Which is super different for me. I generally wean my babies between 12 and 16 months, and they can't really communicate with me in that time frame. So it's different being able to ask him "do you like it?" "are you getting milk?" and him actually reply.

While it is slightly odd that he suddenly decided to do this, I'm not going to deny him. I don't see any reason to. We may not do it in public, just because it's not a main source of nutrition for him, but I don't see anything wrong with having that time for us at home. And it's certainly not bad for him or harmful to him.

Unfortunately his latch isn't super great... I mean, it has been a year after all. He sucks, and gets milk, but he uses his teeth way too much, which kills me sometimes. But I've found that if I put something under my breast to support it while he eats he eases up a bit- which is ironic because that was what I had to do with him when I breastfed him before. He was super picky about how he had to hold his head and mouth while he ate.

We'll see if he keeps it up and if his latch gets any better.