Tell me how everyone weaned?

Speaking of "weaning", I think of a very vivid description: weaning feels like falling out of love. Yes, weaning is a big deal for the baby, and it is not an easy decision for the mother to make. The feeling of emptiness after weaning is like your baby no longer needs you, and it takes some time to get used to it.

For the baby, if the preparation for weaning is not sufficient, it will not only affect the baby's physical development, but also have a great impact on the baby's psychological development.

Therefore, "scientific weaning" requires a transition period, rather than "cliff-like forced weaning". The mother needs to tell the baby in advance, let the baby know what is about to happen, and help the baby do it Good "transition preparation", that is, adapting to formula milk in advance, this way of weaning will prevent the baby from suffering. When is the best time to wean a baby from breast milk, 6 months or 1 year old?

The World Health Organization recommends that after babies are introduced to complementary foods after 6 months of age, they should continue breastfeeding until they are 2 years old or even beyond.

Although this is recommended by the WHO, in real life very few mothers can breastfeed until they are 2 years old. Due to various reasons, such as inconvenience at work and babies always chewing during teething period. I feel sorry for my mother, but the amount of breast milk is not much, so I simply stopped breastfeeding.

Therefore, most mothers wean their babies when they are 1-1.5 years old. Some mothers even cannot persist until their babies are 1 year old and wean after adding complementary foods for 6 months.

So, Jing’s mother personally thinks: When is the best time to wean the baby? It should be based on the actual situation of the individual. If you are a full-time mother and the breast milk condition is very good, it is best to wean at the age of 2 or naturally wean after the age of 2. If you cannot persist until the age of 2 due to various "special circumstances", you can Arrange weaning according to your own situation, but it is recommended that it be at least 1 year old. How to wean your baby scientifically?

As mentioned before, weaning your baby requires scientific weaning. As for how to do it specifically, you can refer to the following suggestions:

1. Step by step, natural transition

If both the mother and the baby are fully prepared, they can wean off breast milk quickly. However, if the baby is very dependent on breast milk, rapid weaning will make the baby feel uncomfortable. In addition, some Mothers are also reluctant to wean their babies, so it is easy for "repeated weaning" to fail.

Therefore, weaning should be gradual, such as feeding breast milk 6 or 5 times a day, and then gradually reduce it until both mother and baby get used to it, until weaning off breast milk completely.

2. Adapt to formula milk in advance

When preparing to start weaning, you must first try to make the baby like drinking formula milk. If the baby refuses formula milk, the mother will also You can add some milk to complementary foods, such as milk rice cereal, milk steamed eggs, double-skinned milk, etc., to help your baby adapt to milk.

It should be noted that the baby should be encouraged to drink more formula milk or drink milk more frequently, but the baby still needs to drink breast milk, and the mother cannot refuse it completely, so as not to make the baby feel that the mother does not love him anymore and make the baby feel that the mother does not love him anymore. It's harder for him to accept formula now that he's insecure.

3. Wean off daytime breast milk first, and then wean off night milk and a meal before going to bed

Most breastfed babies feed in the middle of the night and before going to bed at night. habits. It is relatively easy to stop the baby from breastfeeding during the day. If you take the baby out for activities or eat some complementary foods, the baby will forget to take breast milk. The most difficult thing is night feeding and a meal before going to bed.

Therefore, after mothers stop taking daytime breast milk, if the baby is still taking night milk, they can first wean off night milk, and then wean off the night milk before going to bed. Of course, in this process Weaning requires the active cooperation of the father and other family members, so that it is easier to successfully wean at one time.

How to "Wean off Night Breastfeeding":

The baby should still breastfeed before going to sleep. Let the father sleep next to the baby at night. If the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, the father will pat him first. Put the baby to sleep and see if he can continue to sleep; if he cannot continue to sleep, you can make formula milk for the baby.

It will be a little difficult at first, and it will take a few days to get used to it, but the mother must insist on not breastfeeding her baby, otherwise she will repeat it again and again, and she will not be able to stop breastfeeding at night.

Method of "cutting off breast milk before going to bed":

After the baby stops breastfeeding at night, he will start to stop breastfeeding before going to bed. The baby will also be temporarily coaxed by his father or grandma. When the baby sleeps, prepare 150 ml of formula milk before going to bed and let the father feed it to the baby. It doesn't matter if the baby doesn't drink, because there is supplementary food and he won't be hungry. Mothers don't have to worry.

The baby will definitely refuse at first. If the baby cries a lot, mothers should not be tempted to rush to hold or breastfeed them to sleep, as this will make all previous efforts in vain.

4. Reduce the baby's dependence on the mother

Before preparing to wean, it is necessary to consciously reduce the time the mother spends with the baby and increase the time the baby spends with his father or grandma. Tell the baby in advance that he will be weaned, and give the baby a psychological adaptation process.

Mothers can ask other people to take their babies out for more activities during the day, but it is not recommended that mothers hide directly or leave directly and leave the baby to the care of grandma. The baby will feel uncomfortable after weaning. If the mother can no longer be seen, the baby will be even more uncomfortable.

So, the baby should be weaned gently, and the mother should spend this period with the baby.

5. Mothers can take milk-restoring medicine or tea

In addition to the hard work of the baby during the weaning period, the mother is actually even harder. Although the baby cannot breastfeed, but milk continues to be secreted, the breasts may become as swollen as stones.

So, when mothers start to wean, they can go to the drugstore to buy some milk-replenishing medicine, or drink some barley tea. It is appropriate for the baby to be bloated, and the milk will return to normal after 3-4 days.

Never force it back or apply hot compress or massage, as this may cause mastitis or promote continued milk secretion. Let’s talk about my weaning experience

My son was weaned at the age of 2. I went to work when he was 4 months old. My grandparents have always helped take care of him. I made arrangements with him in advance when he was weaned. During the day, the grandparents would take him to the park to play, and at meal time they would bring the child back for dinner.

In the evening, we feed him a full meal, then play with him for a while, take a bath, and listen to stories to lull him to sleep. Although we may see that he wants to breastfeed, after all, he is still old and can Understand the truth. I also told him the story of the "Milk Elf" and he listened very seriously. I persisted like this for almost a week and then stopped.

In the process of weaning the baby, mothers must not only let the baby gradually adapt to the change in diet, but also have a decisive attitude. They cannot delay the weaning time just because the baby is crying and cannot make up their mind; nor can they delay the weaning time. Stop for one day and let the baby drink breast milk for a few days. Stop for another day and let the baby drink breast milk for a few more days.

Repeated weaning methods will only bring negative emotional stimulation to the baby and have an impact on mental health. It can easily cause the baby to be emotionally unstable, refuse to eat complementary foods, and have poor sleep quality.

So, to briefly summarize, this is: Be patient but also cruel, and wean your baby gently and step by step.