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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How often is she crying? What happens when she knows mom isn’t there?  Like when you or nanny takes her to the park?[/quote]

OP again.  Our daughter is perfectly fine when mom isn’t in the house including if nanny puts her to bed at night.  She never cries unless she falls/gets hurt.  She only cries when she sees Mom and wants to nurse.  And when my wife is there and she wants to nurse there is nothing but nursing that will distract her.  Wife always gives in.

It’s clearly wean or keep going as we’re going as wife will not do anything differently.  Tonight my older child wanted to help Mom make dinner but our daughter was hysterical so my wife nursed her and my older child said, “it’s never my turn to be first”.  
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This isn’t about nursing. This is about wanting mom’s attention. Toddlers throw tantrums and want to be held even when not nursing. Nursing a 20 mo isn’t bad, but it seems like it’s clouding your wife’s judgment on toddler wants vs needs. She should be able to tell the toddler “not now, mommy is making dinner.” But she will have to learn that anyway even if you wean because the toddler is just going to want something else, like cuddles or a book etc etc.[/quote]

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