How old is the baby to quit night milk? What are the benefits of abstaining from night milk?

Many mothers say that in the first year of giving birth, you can't stay awake all night, and the night milk thing should last at least one year! Even some mothers, under the "inculcation" of their mother-in-law, wake up to feed their babies at night even if they are not hungry, yawning and thinking in a daze, "Baby will grow up soon!" After giving up night care, my mother won't have to work so hard ... "

However, do you really need to wait until the baby 1 year-old to abstain from night milk? If night milk has seriously affected your rest, do you really not consider weaning your baby step by step? Don't blindly think that "the more active you feed your baby, the better your baby will grow." I have been breastfeeding at night, and the impact on my baby is not small!

1, frequent feeding at night, the biggest impact is to affect the rest of the baby and mother, long-term "lack of sleep."

2, after the baby "teething", the milk left on the deciduous teeth may also lead to the baby's dental caries.

3, overfeeding, but also easy to lead to "baby obesity", burying the risk of "easy obesity" in adulthood.

Milk at night has become a habit, and the bigger it is, the harder it is to correct it.

In addition, weaning your baby at night is a gradual process, and you don't need to wait until 1 year. In this regard, pediatrician Cui Yutao's point of view is that when the baby's nighttime sleep time is gradually extended, the mother can start to consider gradually weaning the baby at night.

Why do you wean your baby at night? Many mothers insist on feeding their babies night milk for two reasons: first, drinking night milk has become a baby's habit. If it suddenly breaks, the baby will definitely cry and toss adults at night; Secondly, I am worried that my baby will be hungry if he doesn't drink night milk, which will affect his physical development.

If it is because of the first reason, we insist on breastfeeding the baby at night, and the mother can accurately tell the mothers that the baby cried at night, and we have many ways to comfort him, such as:

Find a soothing object for the baby, such as toys, towels, quilts, and even mother's clothes;

When the baby is crying, don't think of breastfeeding for the first time. Try patting the baby on the back, talking to the baby, touching the baby's body, changing the baby's sleeping position, or letting the baby snuggle in your arms until the baby falls asleep again.

Will weaning at night affect your baby's physical development? Let's talk about the practice of shaking the baby to feed at night. As Dr. Cui said in the video, if the baby is really hungry when sleeping, he will naturally cry for milk. We must believe that the baby will not feel hungry because of hunger while he is sleeping.

Moreover, newborn babies will inevitably need night milk because of their weak sucking ability and small stomach capacity. However, with the development of baby's gastrointestinal function, the increase of milk quantity, the addition of complementary food and the gradual formation of sleep law, the baby's demand for night milk will be less and less. At this time, even if you gradually reduce the number of night feeding or even give up night milk according to your baby's actual situation, it will not affect your baby's growth and development.

Finally, every mother should know how to judge whether the baby wakes up at night because he is hungry or for other reasons. Therefore, when the baby wakes up crying, the mother can first use the method mentioned above to appease the baby. If it doesn't work, then consider whether the baby is hungry.

Hungry babies usually cry at a uniform length and rhythm. At the same time, you can see the baby open his mouth and turn his head left and right to look for food. At this time, the mother will feed the baby in time.

How old can the baby start weaning at night? Here comes the problem again. When is the best time to wean your baby? Six months? Eight months? Or 10 months?

In this regard, mothers should understand a concept that abstinence from night milk is a process. Since you have reduced the number of times you breastfeed your baby at night, it has already belonged to the category of abstinence from night milk.

When the baby has the following signals, you can gradually reduce the number of feeding at night:

1, the baby's sleep pattern has been formed, and the continuous sleep time at night is prolonged;

2, the amount of milk that can be eaten per meal is gradually increasing, and most of the milk needed for one day can be solved during the day;

3, began to add complementary food, complementary food is more and more diverse.

In addition, if the baby sleeps continuously for 5-7 hours at night and wakes up at 4 or 5 in the morning to drink milk, this milk meal should be counted as morning milk, not night milk. Therefore, in order to reduce the frequency of feeding at night, mothers can also try to postpone the last milk meal at night, so that after a period of time, they may no longer need to get up at night to feed their babies.