Many new mothers do not know how to wean their babies and when it is most appropriate to wean their babies. Ask a lot of people who come over, and they always have a variety of answers, which makes the novice moms more confused.
Mom mistakenly believes that the later the breast milk is weaned, the better, and wait until the age of 3 to give the child breast milk
Ms. Wu of Quanzhou has a five-year-old son, and the neighbors around her will use strange eyes when they mention Ms. Wu and her son, mainly because Ms. Wu's son is still drinking breast milk.
When Ms. Wu first gave birth to her son, she learned from a friend that when her friend was living abroad, the doctor told her that the child's breastfeeding time was best to stick to about two years old and then wean, because breast milk can provide more comprehensive nutrition for the child, so she also insists on giving the child breast milk.
Even when the child reaches the age of one, this stage should have been based on complementary food, formula milk or breast milk as an auxiliary, but Ms. Wu was reversed, still based on breast milk, supplementary food as a supplementary meal, the child has always been accustomed to drinking breast milk.
When the child is almost three years old, Ms. Wu thought that she still has breast milk anyway, and then give the child to eat is not a problem, so she still did not wean the child, until the child was three and a half years old, after experiencing a neighbor's side knock, Ms. Wu decided to wean her son, but the son was not happy, and she was unwilling to eat without breast milk, which made Ms. Wu very embarrassed, out of pain for her son, she simply continued to breastfeed.
Until the child is five years old, Ms. Wu's breast milk is becoming less and less, but the child is still drinking breast milk, some neighbors suggested that Ms. Wu take the child to see a psychologist, after diagnosis, the doctor believes that Ms. Wu's breast milk withdrawal time is too late, resulting in the child's dependence on psychology becomes very heavy, so there is a repeated failure to quit breastfeeding, only from the child's psychological adjustment, slowly change the child's view, in order to achieve the effect of completely quitting breast milk.
Breast milk is not cut off as late as possible, and these two time nodes are the most suitable
There may also be many mothers who think that the later the withdrawal time of breast milk, the better, but this idea is wrong. If you quit too late, there will be a situation similar to the above case, the child has a stronger dependence, and it will be more difficult to quit at that time.
Breast milk can indeed provide children with more comprehensive nutrition, but as the child grows older, these nutrients can not meet the child's growth needs, so in the later stage must be supplemented by complementary foods to supplement other nutrients, otherwise the child's growth will be hindered.
Usually, if you want to quit breast milk, the first time point is that the child is about six months old, after this time point the child can eat a little complementary food, then the original mother who did not have much breast milk, you can choose to quit, and then use formula milk to replace breast milk, although the nutrition of formula milk is not as rich as breast milk, but it is also considered to restore the nutritional components of breast milk to the greatest extent, so it can be used as a substitute.
The second time node is after the child is two years old, which is the conclusion of WHO after decades of research, especially for those mothers with more breast milk, it is entirely possible to insist on breastfeeding and wait until the child is about two years old to quit breastfeeding. You can't quit too late, otherwise it will have some negative effects.
Breast milk cannot be used as the only source of nutrition
Although the nutritional value of breast milk is high, after six months of the child, it cannot be used as the only source of nutritional intake, and it is also necessary to consume other nutrients through complementary foods, otherwise the child's growth needs will not be met, and it will become a luxury to want normal growth and development.
Mothers should also pay attention to scientific feeding when making complementary foods, rather than specially selecting foods with high nutritional value to do complementary foods, paying attention to whether the food has high allergenicity, or whether the child likes to eat, if it is not suitable for children to eat, forcing the child to eat will also produce greater side effects, such as allergies, gastroenteritis and so on.
Complementary food feeding should also follow the principle of from thin to coarse, from thin to thick, and at the beginning it should be more delicate, after all, the child's gastrointestinal function has not yet developed perfectly, and in the later stage, wait until the child's gastrointestinal system is relatively perfect to improve the structure of the supplementary food. The main thing in the whole process is to take it step by step, rather than trying to achieve the purpose of "eating a bite to become a fat man".
In addition, after the baby is one year old, if you want to add more nutrition to the child, you can give the child to drink some goat milk powder, the nutritional value is higher, and many of the current goat milk powder technology on the market has been very mature, the taste is also better, you can try to give the child to drink a little.
Of course, the most important thing is to supplement appropriately, not blindly, you can take your child to the hospital for examination to see if there is a lack of nutrition, if nutritional supplementation is enough, then do not add extra, adhere to the daily diet.