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And the little cute silvery-white haired boy ran full speed to the thrid door down the hall from his bedroom and opened it hastily. He excitedly ran up to the bed centered at the end of the room and attempted to hop up onto it several times before finally succeeding with a little help from someones limb. He crawled up to the persons face beaming with joy and proceeded to give them a 'nice' wake-up call.

"Mommy mommy, wake up mommy it's Christmas! We gotta go see what Santa brought us! Wake up mommy!"

The beautiful woman moaned & turned over to face her husband, the spitting image of the sweet little boy giving her her morning greeting, at her side.

"Your son's awake Yue." She said sleepily, never opening her eyes.

Yue opened his eyes & peered over his 'sleeping' wifes shoulder.

"No it's only 6:20 he's still your son for at least another hour."

The woman smiled & laughed with her husband & then turned back over to answer her impatient son on her other side.

"Sweetheart it's really early, everyone's still sleeping. Let's wait a little longer to open presents okay?"

She rubbed his head gently.

"But I want to open them now. Do I have to wait for everyone else?!" He pouted.

"Yes Velsper we're opening them as a family. Aren't you hungry, don't you want to eat first?"

"No!"
He pouted more heavily crossing his arms, but his stomach betrayed him rather loudly.

"Do you want some milk for now?"

Little Velsper shook his head affirmatively and his mother pulled herself up to lean on her backboard.
She stretched & yawned, postitioning a few pillows behind her back and one on her lap so she could be comfortable. She pulled the right side of her nightgown down exposing her breast and rubbed it in a circular motion for a few moments. She then opened her arms, letting Velsper climb into them to settle his head in the crook of her right arm and begin breastfeeding. Once she was sure he was latched on and receiving milk she settled back & watched him lovingly. She'd been doing this since he was 20 days old, and for 5 years, today being his & his twin sisters' birthday, they'd shared this special bond only a mother & child could, a place where time stood still & it was only them. She took his small hand into hers & kissed it over & over as a way to let him know she loved him unconditionally.

"Is this finally going to be the year?"

Her husbands query only slightly brought her out of her trance.

"Hmm?"

Her eyes didn't widen in the least as she continued to look at her toddler, twirling strands of his hair with her index finger.

"Are you going to wean him now that he's 5?"

He looked up at her from his pillow.

"He'll stop when he's ready honey. There's no reason to rush him."

"He's not a baby anymore Kari. Next spring he can start school right? He can't still be suckling you if he's to learn a little independence to spend a whole day with the other kids away from you."

"I know but-I just don't want to stop. This is so intimate & healthy for both of us. It's not like he can't breastfeed when at home & drink out of a cup at school. It's not always healthy to force a child to stop breastfeeding when they don't want to you know."

"Yes, but is it healthy for him to cling to you as strongly as he does? You two share such a strong bond the first day of school is already going to be tough for him, going 7 hours without seeing you, it'll be twice as hard if he's still breastfeeding don't you think?"

"No. I admit I do spoil him to death, but I don't think it will interfere with his social life any more than other children his age. He's been playing normally with other kids at the park for hours without me. So school shouldnt' be any different. Besides, just because he can go to school doesn't mean he has to go. We can always wait until he's 6 or 7."

"Kari don't coddle Velsper for the sake of your own feelings. If he doesn't go to school on time he might fall behind even further."

"I-I know."

Kari felt tears well up in her eyes at the thought of stopping their loving tradition forever. Part of the reason she was so overly protective of breastfeeding him, & sending him to school in general, was because he was a bit slow due to circumstances of birth. She was expecting her twins to come slightly early like most twins do, however; she was not expecting Velsper, her first son and youngest by nearly 2 hours, to be so dangerously underweight on top of being a preemie. To make matters worse his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. As a result, he was developing a bit slower than his sister and took longer to get things compared to her. The one thing that helped him to bounce back so well was Karis consistent breastfeeding. She never missed one feeding and always let Velsper feed before his sister to guarantee he'd get the nutrients he so desperately needed.
Over time it just became common place for him to feed whenever he pleased as Kari subconsciously carried that fear that he would die. Yue wasn’t trying to be mean to her he was just thinking about what would be best for Velspers social life. He was much too dependent on his mother and clung to her like a magnet to metal when he could, sometimes crying for hours when she was away. Even during those trips to the park he would stand around nervously for a long time before playing with the other kids and even when he got used to them he would check around for her or ask the nursemaid where she was about every 5-10 minutes. As Yue sat up to hug her & give her a kiss of reassurance she felt a bit better about pushing Velsper to be a bit more independent, but for now, on this Christmas morning, she just wanted to enjoy the pride she felt of being a mother to such a beautiful-innocent-sweet child.