Breastfeeding is hard, and every breastfeeding mother has hoped that the day of weaning will come sooner. But when the baby no longer needs breast milk, the tears may flow more than the baby.
It is not simple to let the baby wean herself, because the baby is dependent on breast milk and will not easily "let go" even if he is not hungry. But after the child grows up, the role of breast milk is gradually reduced, and the mother and baby are embarrassed to feed it.
Weaning is a necessary step in the baby's growth, and if you want to successfully wean, you need to find a good time to do more with less. Many moms don't know that March is the "efficient period" for weaning breast milk. Sugar Mom weaned Candy from March, which was much smoother than I thought.
Why choose to wean your breast milk in March? The benefits may not have been said
Many mothers wean their breast milk time is more casual, but they do not know that the time is wrong, which has a great impact on the success rate, and the children and adults are guilty.
The International Breast Milk Association proposes that the best season for weaning is spring and autumn, and spring is the "golden period".
March is spring, the temperature is suitable, the cell activity in the human body is high, the baby will not be too irritable in the process of receiving breast milk withdrawal, and the side effects of the body are minimal after the mother is weaned.
Sugar Mom, as a person who came over, really wanted to say a word for breastfeeding mothers. Successful weaning of breast milk is not only to reduce the pain of the baby, but also to naturally leave the milk. The family should also take into account the feelings and moods of Bao Ma, otherwise it is also a kind of harm to Bao Ma.
There are still some days until March, and moms who want to wean their baby can get ready to see if you and your baby meet the following conditions.
Successful weaning of breast milk depends on these conditions in addition to the months
Not all babies are weaned in March, and moms have to combine the baby and their own situation and then take action.
1) See if the baby's age is eligible
The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding, preferably until the age of 2 years.
Although it is more efficient for the baby to wean the breast milk in March, it is also necessary to consider the age of the baby. Try not to be earlier than 6 months, because this month's baby will drink milk powder after weaning, which does not make much sense. At the latest, do not exceed 2 to 3 years old, breastfeeding too long, will lead to a decline in the baby's appetite for complementary foods and meals.
If your baby is around 18 months old, you can start experimenting, don't blindly follow the trend.
2) See if the baby eats complementary foods regularly
Babies over 18 months old, the demand for milk is getting less and less, after weaning breast milk, if you do not plan to continue to feed the baby to eat milk powder, then you must pay attention to whether the baby has become accustomed to regular food intake every day, so as to ensure the supply of nutrition.
If the baby is only willing to eat one complementary food a day, or is temporarily picky, then the time for weaning can also be appropriately postponed.
3) Look at the baby's physical and mental condition
The last point is to look at the baby's physiological condition and emotional problems. Many parents will take advantage of the baby's bad appetite during the illness and directly cut off breast milk, which is very harmful to the baby.
When your baby is unwell, he needs breast milk even more to comfort and alleviate pain. He may not eat much, but his dependence has increased, and the intensity of abstaining from breast milk has increased, which will make the already sick baby more uncomfortable.
Avoid 3 misunderstandings when weaning breast milk, and both the mother and the child are not guilty
Weaning milk tests the baby, but also tests the mother. If you want to succeed, you also need "tacit cooperation", do the following points, you can improve the success rate, mother and child are not guilty.
Don't be in a hurry, take your time: breastfeeding can be turned on every day, but not ended in one day. Some babies may suddenly stop breastfeeding one day, but most babies take longer to wean themselves.
Generally speaking, about 3 days can reduce the baby's dependence on breast milk, after cutting off breast milk, no longer miss, generally take 1 week, longer baby to delay 1 month.
Don't be anxious about moms and families, you can start by reducing the number of breast milk. Feeding less and less every day allows the baby to adapt slowly, during which time the secretion of breast milk is also reduced, and it is not easy to block the milk after weaning.
Don't use the soil method: smearing bitter melon water on the chest, or directly sending the baby to someone else's home, this kind of soil method is very harmful to the feelings between the baby and the mother, but it will increase the difficulty of weaning.
Your baby may be angry and more reluctant to give up. It may also be that you have not seen your mother for a short period of time, and you will have a stronger dependence.
Bao Mom changes clothes frequently to reduce the smell of milk: the baby's nose is very sensitive, and he can distinguish the smell of breast milk on his mother when his eyes are closed.
During the weaning period, the mother will have a situation such as milk leakage, resulting in a larger milk smell on the body. You can change the anti-spillage breast pad on the nursing underwear in time, bathe every day, change new clothes, and try to reduce the milk fragrance on your body, otherwise the baby will want to eat when he smells it.
Weaning is successful, don't forget how Mom feels
The baby successfully weaned breast milk, but the mother's weaning road is not over, returning to milk is also a very painful thing, the milk is not discharged in time, easy to cause blockage, inflammation, very unfavorable to the body.
In order to reduce the pain of the mother's return to milk, we can start from these aspects and make the weaning of breast milk have a perfect ending.
During the weaning process, the mother tries to look at the baby's photos as little as possible, we can be around the baby, but reduce the number of times to hold him. Because during lactation, the baby's voice, photos and smell on the body can stimulate the mother to secrete breast milk.
Can not always hold, you can properly squeeze out some breast milk, we must be clear about one thing, breast milk is not "held back", but to reduce the demand, and reduce the amount of secretion.
When the baby does not eat breast milk at all, but the breast milk child does not stop secreting, you can express less breast milk than the baby's milk each time, keep the milk unobstructed, but also give the chest "do not need a lot of breast milk" signal, breast milk secretion opportunities gradually reduced.
Can be adjusted from the diet, if necessary, take medicine, reduce the amount of water during weaning, you can eat some "back to milk" home-cooked ingredients, such as leeks, radish, fennel, neither harmful to the body, but also reduce the amount of lactation, if it is a mother with a particularly large amount of breast milk, you can also use regular milk medicine when necessary.
Candy Mother's Heart:
Cut off breast milk, the baby does not give up, the mother is even more unwilling, so that the success rate of cooperation is doubled without sin, and does not hurt feelings.