Do bedtime and night milk really affect your child's spleen and stomach health and height development? Different people have different views on this.
Some people think that the feeling of being hungry is unbearable for both adults and children. Therefore, it is believed that feeding the baby night milk can make the baby avoid hunger, help the child sleep, and make the baby sleep more steadily, which is conducive to the healthy development of the baby.
Some people also believe that bedtime milk is not conducive to the health of the baby's spleen and stomach, which is easy to increase the digestive burden of the baby's spleen and stomach, and ultimately not only affects the child's spleen and stomach health, but also affects the child's height development.
Either way, it seems that there is a certain truth, but should we give our children bedtime milk and night milk? Or where is the scientific basis? I believe that many mothers are very confused about this.
I consulted my pediatrician friend on this issue and shared the answers I got with you, hoping to answer your questions.
The spleen and stomach of the human body, which itself digests food and transports nutrients, will not stop working because we go to rest at night, nor will it become very good because we do not eat at night. It's just that because we eat less, his work efficiency will be reduced.
For us adults, had dinner. The difference is not much to ensure that you will not be hungry during sleep at night, but this does not mean that infants and young children are the same, to know that the amount of food we adults eat is much larger than the amount of food for infants and young children, and it is easier to starve
In addition, the food of infants and young children is mainly milk, such food, is very easy to digest. And the stomach capacity of infants and young children is limited, and they can't eat too much at a time, but milk is particularly easy to digest. If you don't feed your baby at night, then your baby will not only cause malnutrition, but you can also make your baby wake up hungry at night, a taste that no one wants to experience, let alone the baby!
In fact, for infants and young children, proper fasting at night, whether it is feeding the baby night milk, or feeding the baby night milk, this is conducive to the baby's healthy development. Because the baby's infant and baby body develops rapidly, the energy required is also more, and proper feeding can supplement the nutrition required for the baby's physical development.
Therefore, the appropriate amount of bedtime milk or feeding the child at night will not have much impact on the baby's height and spleen and stomach, but will help the baby's healthy development. So parents don't worry too much.
Although you can feed the baby baby night milk, but also need to control a degree, need to pay attention to control the amount of feeding, at night if the baby eats too much, it will still have a certain impact on the baby's spleen and stomach, but also easy to lead to obesity problems in the baby. Therefore, when the baby develops to a certain stage, we still need to consider giving the baby a night milk.
How old is your baby, is it better to quit bedtime or night milk?
Although babies are still young, we can feed them bedtime or night milk, but they can't last forever. It should be known that if you keep feeding your baby night milk, this will not only affect the quality of your baby's sleep, but also easily lead to your baby's tooth problems.
The baby is still small, the baby's food is mainly based on milk, this time it is inevitable to feed the baby night milk, but with the gradual growth and development of the baby, we need to consider giving the baby quit bedtime milk or night milk, so as to better promote the healthy development of the baby and help the baby sleep well.
The baby's stomach capacity increases, and the baby's staple food changes at this time, and the condition of giving the baby night milk is slowly reached. In this regard, my pediatrician friend gave the following suggestions.
Babies under 6 months of age
Babies within 6 months, the baby's main food source is milk, milk is easy to digest, the baby's stomach capacity is limited, during this period is not suitable for the baby to quit bedtime milk and night milk. Otherwise, it is easy to affect the development of the baby, and it is easy to make the baby wake up hungry. Therefore, during this period, it is recommended to give your baby one to three night milks at night.
Babies from 6 months to under 1 year of age
After 6 months of the baby, in order to meet the needs of the baby's healthy development, we will gradually add complementary foods to the baby, at this time parents can start to consider giving the baby to quit night milk. During this period, even if the baby is weaned, it is still necessary to give the baby milk powder.
This period has reached the basic conditions for abstaining from night milk for the baby, but it does not mean that if you quit breast milk, you will not feed the baby at all. Instead, the frequency of feeding your baby at night should be gradually reduced. Slowly let the baby adapt to adjust the spacing of the baby's milk drinking, so as to allow the baby to slowly adapt to sleep. This way you can no longer feed your baby night milk.
Babies after one year old
With the foundation of the previous stage, when the baby is one year old, you can completely give the baby night milk. At this time, you can cultivate the habit of eating for your baby. However, during the day, it is still recommended to give the baby a certain amount of milk to supplement the baby with enough nutrients for physical development.
Why is it recommended that after the baby is one year old, it is necessary to give the baby to quit night milk?
If you continue to feed your baby night milk after the age of one, there may be several drawbacks that affect the healthy development of your baby.
Affects the baby's gastrointestinal health
After the baby is one year old, the baby's food is basically converted from breast milk to daily food. These foods can not only supplement the child's nutrition, but also make the baby's stomach feel full, and also require the baby to use a lot of time to digest.
At this time, if you eat very full at night and still feed the baby night milk at night, it will increase the burden of the baby's gastrointestinal digestion, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of nutrients by the baby's stomach and intestines, and then affect the healthy development of the baby.
It is easy for babies to have tooth problems
Babies under one year of age have a certain ability to clean their mouths, but after the baby is one year old, this ability gradually disappears. If you also often feed the baby night milk, then this may lead to oral problems in the baby's teeth, worm tooth problems, which is not conducive to the baby's cavity health.
Affects the quality of your baby's sleep
Baby's physical development is often completed at night, if the baby is still feeding the baby night milk after one year old, then it will affect the quality of the baby's sleep, so that the baby can not sleep well, so that the baby's physical health development will have a great impact.
I believe that after reading this article, all mothers should have a clear understanding of the impact of night milk on their babies. Will no longer blindly follow the trend, anxious to give the baby to quit the night milk and night milk. I will not be stupid enough to believe that night milk will not affect the baby's physical health and development, so I will always feed my baby!