Hello everyone, I'm Eleven Mom! Welcome to eleven moms' breastfeeding tips.
After three months of running-in, I believe that you and the baby are already very familiar, and you may not have found that you and the baby are so smart.
Look at your baby's expression and you'll know if he's sleepy or hungry. Listen to your baby's cry, and you'll know if he's wronged or spoiled.
Indeed, from the fourth month onwards, the biggest change in the baby is from a nursing junior worker to a suckling skilled worker. Feeding no longer takes up a lot of his energy, and he has more time and energy to explore himself and explore the world.
From four months to 2 years of age, the baby's feeding regimen will consist of the following four parts:
1. The coping principle of the baby's staged appearance of [anorexia].
2. The coping principle of the baby's staged appearance of [love for milk].
3. The principle of matching complementary food and breast milk
4. The principle of choosing the timing of weaning.
First, the baby is anoretic: [fake anorexia] don't worry, [really anorexia] first check the cause and then solve
I'll start with the baby's staged anorexia. There are two types of baby anorexia, which are professionally called false anorexia and true anorexia.
Pseudo-anorexia: Observe the growth curve and do not need to do anything extra
Fake anorexia, as the name suggests, in fact, the baby is not bored with milk. The reason why the mother feels that the baby is bored is because after four months, the baby begins to have his own ideas, and he will decide for himself whether to breastfeed or not. No longer mom stuffed it for him, he wanted it.
Or maybe your baby's sucking efficiency has become more efficient and feeding faster. If the mother wants to continue breastfeeding, the baby may refuse. So many moms will think my baby is bored. I have to say that at such a time, there is some loss in my mother's heart, but in fact, you don't have to do anything.
The coping principle at this time is to relax the mentality, compare the baby's growth and development curve, and observe the baby's height, weight and head circumference. If everything is normal, don't worry, it's just fake anorexia.
True anorexia: check the cause, targeted solution, and avoid forcing the baby to breastfeed
And the reasons for being really bored with milk may include—
The mother forced the nipple to the baby to eat, and the baby felt unhappy. The baby drank too much breast milk before, and the phenomenon of weight loss in infancy, that is, self-regulation; there is also the baby's illness, etc., which may cause the baby not to like to drink milk.
If the baby is in a bad mood after drinking milk or the weight continues to change or even decreases, the mother must consider whether the baby is really bored with milk.
The coping principle at this time is not to force the nipple into the baby's mouth. First check the cause, which is the common cause I just mentioned, and then solve the problem in a targeted manner.
Second, the baby loves milk: more companionship
After talking about boredom, I will talk about the baby's love of milk.
After the baby is four months old, the big exercise begins to develop. He slowly gained the ability to leave his mother. For babies, every little bit away from their mother is a great challenge. In the process of leaving, the baby needs to constantly return to the mother's side and get the mother's strength and support, so he will continue to return to the mother's arms to feed, looking for comfort, and sometimes even eating very frequently, at this time the baby seems to be very fond of milk.
But you don't have to worry too much, baby milk love is more of a psychological need. Your coping method is to hug your child more, play games with your child more, talk to your child more, and that's enough.
Third, complementary food and milk matching: milk is the main before the age of 1, and supplementary food is mainly after the age of 1
As your baby grows older, it's almost 4 to 6 months old to start adding complementary foods.
When the baby eats more and more complementary foods, the number of times he eats milk will be less and less, and many mothers will begin to struggle with how much milk to give the baby, how to ensure the baby's nutrition and so on.
In general, you can follow these two principles with breast milk and complementary foods -
1, let the baby eat complementary food, you can first feed some milk, and then add complementary food, do not pick the baby, especially hungry when the supplementary food.
2. From six months to about 1 year old, the baby's milk consumption is maintained at about 700 ml per day, and the supplementary food is eaten 2 to 3 times a day; the amount of milk over one year old can be reduced to about 500 ml, and the supplementary food can continue to increase.
As for whether the baby eats complementary food or milk first, there is no absolute rule, just need to determine that the baby is developing normally according to the baby's growth and development curve.
Fourth, the timing of weaning: the mother and the baby can accept it together
After the baby is one year old, complementary foods occupy the main position, and at this time the mother will receive a lot of weaning suggestions.
Although the World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding to more than 2 years old, in fact, the selection principle specific to the timing of each baby's weaning is very simple, there is no certain time, as long as the mother decides well and uses 1 to 2 weeks to guide the baby to accept this matter together.
If the reality is that breastfeeding has put a lot of burden on you, then there is no need to insist until the age of 2. Because your relationship with your baby is the most important, there is no need to affect your relationship with your baby in order to continue breastfeeding.
But we don't recommend that moms suddenly disappear or wean our nipples by applying irritants to their nipples.
Well, today's article is shared here, I hope that we can have the opportunity to become a better self because of the arrival of our children, be better parents, learn to think, learn to judge, learn to analyze, and accompany our children to grow up with him.
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