A mum who still breastfeeds her five and six-year-old sons through the night says she won't stop until they decide to.
Sheryl Wynne still feeds Riley and his younger brother Mylo before school and in the evening and says her critics should mind their own business.
The 39-year-old from Wakefield, West Yorkshire says it has cemented a lifelong bond between her and her sons and she won't stop until they are totally ready.
Sheryl claims "mummy milk" is the "ultimate parenting tool" as it helps calm the children and comforts them when they're upset or ill.
However her breastfeeding journey has been met with some negative comments from strangers and even family members.
Although she'd originally planned to stop breastfeeding the boys when Riley was three, she now says she wants them to be part of the decision - and Riley has said he won't stop until he's 10.
Sheryl, a hypnobirthing teacher and doula, said: "I think about when I'll stop all of the time.
"It's never felt right to end it unnecessarily. It's what they're asking for and it's biologically normal even if it's not in society.
"We started the conversation when Riley was three when they would stop having mummy milk and Riley said when he's ten and I told him there's no chance.
"The choice isn't just mine, it's a relationship because it's something we do together.
"It's not like I don't have a choice, a lot of the time they ask for it and I'll tell them to get off. I do wonder if they'd just stay on there all night.
"It's made us closer. It's the fact they know they can come to me and be comforted any time.
"We can do that without breastfeeding, a lot of people who aren't breastfeeding will still respond to that but it's part of my toolbox.
"It's formed part of our relationship and that's my main drive for continuing breastfeeding."
Sheryl has even used breastfeeding as a tool to comfort them in the school playground.
She said: "It's about comfort. If they're ill, that's where they want to be to help them calm down but we don't live in a society that's supportive of that after infancy which is why we don't see it.
"They want to be with me and snuggle with me even when they aren't breastfeeding.
"Riley and Mylo pick up on people's opinions. My eldest wouldn't ask for it when we're out because he knows other people will see but he will behind closed doors but my youngest is confident.
"Before Mylo went into preschool he was asking for mummy milk in the playground in the morning.
"He took me to the bench and I had to dig deep into myself. I wanted to tell him we weren't doing it there because people could see but I didn't want to pass my anxieties onto him."
While strangers seem to keep their opinions to themselves, Sheryl says some friends and family have said her breastfeeding could be the reason her sons are "hard work".
She said: "I've been pretty lucky in that I haven't had negative comments from strangers but family members and people I know have asked if I think I should stop.
"They question whether the way my children behave is anything to do with them being breastfed. They're hard work but that's children.
"People think they're experts in other people's children but I'm not doing it blind even though I am following my instincts in many ways."
Sheryl says she was determined to breastfeed Mylo because she struggled to nurse Riley following a difficult birth.
She added that breastfeeding helped her to overcome the trauma of giving birth and strengthened her connection with her sons.
"Breastfeeding helped me to keep that connection going and I had it in my head that I wanted to tandem breastfeed," she adds.
"It felt magical and empowering to be sustaining two babies at the same time.
"I had a traumatic birth and because of that experience I felt like I a failure. I felt like I hadn't done it right so I needed the breastfeeding relationship to succeed."
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