A fan friend said she was upset about something recently. Her seven-month-old son was hospitalized with vomiting, diarrhea, and fever, and she was blamed by the family.
She is a saleswoman for a company that often needs to travel to other places, and the child has been breastfed from birth to the present. Last time, she weaned her son because of a long business trip. She said that every time she traveled, she had to pump her son in advance, and the days of the business trip were too difficult, and several times because she forgot to bring a breast pump, she almost got mastitis.
She said that after six months, the child can also eat complementary food, breast milk does not have much nutrition, it is better to simply wean, and she will not have to go to work so much trouble later. However, my son had just been weaned for 2 days, and suddenly he vomited up and down and was hospitalized.
The mother-in-law complained to him directly: "It is rare for a selfish mother like you, for your own ease and convenience, and regardless of the child's physical health." ”
At the request of the mother-in-law, looking at the child's aggrieved little face, he compromised himself, and the child ate breast milk again. Mom also felt that she was very wronged.
Doesn't it often say on the Internet that breast milk will not be nutritious after six months, and who should listen to now? After listening to her story, I also feel that it is really not easy to be a mother, and I have to take my children, go out to work to make money, and my children are sick and complained. However, I also want to objectively tell all mothers that six months is really not a good time to wean their children.
After six months of breast milk, it also contains nutrients that are very suitable for young children. After six months of age, the mother's breast milk still contains high concentrations of total protein, lactoferrin, lysozyme and immunoglobulin A, but the concentration of zinc, calcium, iron and oligosaccharides in breast milk is reduced.
Studies have found that breast milk still contains a lot of protein, fat and most vitamins after a child is born a year later. So I suggest that mothers, after six months, can appropriately add complementary foods to their babies, but it is best to insist on breastfeeding until the child is about a week and a half, which is the best for both the child and the mother.
Breastfeeding for a week and a half, the benefits for the child are as follows:
Breastfeeding for a long time, the child's body immunity is high.
Breast milk is the most suitable nutrient for the development of the child's body and is tailored to the child. Even the best milk powder just imitates its proportions.
Lactoferrin is an important nutrient to improve the baby's immunity, and studies have found that after the baby is one year old, the concentration of lactoferrin, lysozyme and immunoglobulin A in breast milk will be higher. Generally, the milk powder on the market for three or four hundred yuan, the content of lactoferrin is not very high.
Children who eat breast milk have better immunity, which is also a relatively common phenomenon.
Breastfed baby, nutritionally balanced.
The nutrients in breast milk are more balanced, and the nutrition of breast milk changes as the child ages. After the baby is one year old, the protein in breast milk is higher, vitamin A is higher, and as the mother consumes different nutrients, breast milk will also contain more vitamins and other substances to maintain the baby's health.
Breastfed babies are more well-proportioned than babies who drink formula, will not be overly obese, and are also related to the special and rich nutrients in breast milk.
Breastfeeding is conducive to forming a good parent-child relationship.
Breastfeeding is an intimate interaction between a child and a mother, and it is also true that a child will be closer to the mother when he breastfeeds. The child lies in the arms of the mother, feels more secure, and will have deeper feelings with the mother.
Breastfeeding is good for children, but mothers need to make great sacrifices, such as feeding night milk, and even if they are in shape, they will be more out of shape. However, breastfeeding is not a benefit for the child alone. The child's drinking of breast milk also has many benefits for the mother.
Children eat breast milk for a long time, and mothers have a low chance of developing breast diseases.
Children eat breast milk, will make the mother's mammary glands unblocked, which is a good health care, the mother's breast nodules, breast hyperplasia chances will be reduced.
Breastfeeding your baby, moms will recover faster after childbirth.
After giving birth, the mother has more nutritional supplements, so the fat in the body is accumulated and the figure is out of shape. Breastfeeding allows a part of the mother's body to be converted into milk, which consumes a lot of calories, and the mother's figure becomes easier to slimmer.
Breastfeeding your baby, mom is healthier.
When breastfeeding the baby, the mother will also pay attention to the balance of her own nutrients, and try to improve her body's immunity and reduce the chance of exposure to the virus. Therefore, many mothers rarely get sick when breastfeeding.
How old is it to wean your child? I think it's more appropriate to be between one and a half and two years old. When their children are healthy, they can already adapt well to three meals a day, and the mother can find a better time to wean the baby.