'My wife still breastfeeds our six-year-old and I want her to stop - what should I do?'

A husband has revealed his secret hell by asking if he should ask his wife to stop breastfeeding their six-year-old son. 

The man, who does not want to be named, told Practical Parenting that he feels uncomfortable about his wife breastfeeding their little boy - who is in Year One at school - but is unsure how to handle it.

‘I’m hoping someone out there can help me,’ he wrote. ‘My wife is still breastfeeding our six-year-old son and I find it odd and I know others do too. Even my son looks a little bit embarrassed. But is it really up to me?"

He added, ‘She is a big supporter of “extended breastfeeding” and just tells me a lot about the benefits - health and emotional - to keep feeding him, but I am just getting more and more uncomfortable with it. She wants to continue as long as possible.

'I feel like I should be supportive of this. I feel like I should be the guy who is proud of his wife for this beautiful thing they've got going. But I'm not. I feel weird and very dis-loyal.

‘I am embarrassed for my son and I’m nervous that he’s going to get bullied at school if the other kids find out. He has mentioned it to a few kids and they have said that it is weird but that's been it so far. I think he thinks everyone does this.

'He’s old enough now to just have food and get his nutrients elsewhere - I don’t agree with my wife on this, and I’m worried we’re opening him up to a world of ridicule.'

What do you think? Should he tell his wife his worries?