Every breastfeeding mother has the toughest moment: weaning.
Weaning is a challenge for the mother herself, and it is the first "life and death" for the baby. Breastfeeding is another new "lifeline" that sustains mom and baby. Today, let's talk about how to wean the milk scientifically, and what problems will be encountered.
Appropriate weaning age
Some people say it's at least 2 years old, because whether it's a doctor, a nurse, or even a breast milk expert. In fact, it varies from person to person, as far as possible to insist on feeding: 1 year old or older, because this time is generally acceptable to domestic mothers. It is also easier to wean at 1-2 years of age.
Mom wonders: How painful is weaning?
The upper part of the body will swell and harden into a stone, and it will not be touched. It's like the body has a wound and an inflammation. If you accidentally touch it, your body will be like an electric shock, and the whole person will jump up in pain.
Step 1: Recognize the 3 reactions that elicit when weaning
It develops inflammation (e.g., mastitis) and even fever – because milk stasis clogs the breast ducts, in fact, every weaned mother will have different degrees of inflammation to a greater or lesser extent.
Insomnia and unable to move - like the 2 large stones pressed on the chest, do not dare to turn over at will, and are awakened by pain if they are not careful.
Dry cough is uncomfortable - this is the consensus of many mothers, because they are afraid of rising, they will reduce the amount of water they drink, in order to make milk secrete less.
Step 2: How to alleviate, the most practical 3 tricks.
1, can be applied externally to the point of Glauber salt (Glauber salt external bag) - this can go directly to the hospital to find a doctor to open, or online shopping. Be prepared in advance! The main effect is to cool, reduce swelling, relieve pain, can relieve swelling pain.
2, compressing cabbage leaves - it can also effectively alleviate mild inflammation and swelling and pain. And it can't be finished, but it can also be cooked. A practical approach to grounding.
3, hot compress + moderate squeeze out a few drops of milk - it is really uncomfortable can be moderately hot compress, and then squeeze out a little milk, alleviate it, but must not squeeze more, otherwise the previous work will be wasted.
The above 3 methods can be used in combination, and generally after one week, it can be alleviated. The swelling pain was mainly the most uncomfortable in the first four days.
Personal experience: In fact, it is not recommended to drink what barley tea + hawthorn boiled water to drink, personal feelings are basically ineffective, the ingested water will also aggravate the swelling pain.
The third step: the parent-child relationship that cannot be ignored in the weaning process
Many times the mother weans will sleep separately from the baby, or even not see each other for 1-2 weeks, I do not recommend! The baby will be anxious, insecure, depressed, and even refuse to eat because of the separation from the mother.
It is okay to sleep moderately in separate beds for 2 or 3 nights in the early stage, because of the mother's physical reasons, it is really necessary to have an independent rest space.
Bao Mom can patiently give the baby a preventive injection: "Mom is sleeping in the next bed tonight, when you think of Mom, you can come to find Mom." "This allows the baby to feel safe in the first few days of the transition."
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