In the past few days, office colleagues have found that Xiao Xu's state is too poor, his face is tired, and his work is frequently wrong. The kind office sister asked Xiao Xu privately if he had encountered any difficulties?
Xiao Xu sighed, "Alas! It's all because of the kids! "As a new mother, Xiao Xu, because the child has to eat night milk, gets up every two or three hours on average every night, and has never slept peacefully. Rest is not good at night, of course, there is no energy during the day, and it is difficult to concentrate.
"You can't go on like this, give the child a night milk early!" The elder sister of the office advised.
"The child is still young, reducing the night milk, afraid that nutrition can not keep up." The worry of motherhood makes Xiao Xu prefer to sacrifice his sleep time rather than give his child night milk early.
Xiao Xu's conversation with the big sister in the office happened to be overheard by me. So I, a recognized parenting guru in the office, volunteered to come forward and share my experience: "Your child is almost 7 months now, right?" At this stage, children already have the ability to sleep and continue to eat night milk, which is not good for the mother to rest and the growth of the child. Babies who frequently ask for night milk at night will have their growth hormone secretion affected, and at the same time, night milk will increase the child's gastrointestinal burden and the risk of caries. ”
Listening to my words, Xiao Xu quickly asked me for advice: "But it has become a habit for children to breastfeed at night, even if I feed slowly, he will cry loudly. I'm afraid my baby can't stand it. ”
I can understand Xiao Xu's "protective heart", so I used my own personal experience to give her an example: according to the sleep rules of the baby in infancy, usually the baby of about 5 months has the ability to sleep for more than 6 hours. Therefore, it is more scientific to start the baby's night milk withdrawal at the stage of adding complementary foods.
My two children began to prepare for night milk at this stage, and Dabao successfully weaned night milk at the age of seven months. With the mature experience of quitting night milk, it is easier for the second treasure to quit night milk, and the attempt that lasted almost a week is complete.
With these mature experiences of night milk withdrawal, it is easier for babies to quit night milk
Mom's mentality should be correct
Many mothers have repeatedly failed to quit night milk, not because the children are "too stubborn", but because the mothers are too soft-hearted. When encountering a child crying, the mother instantly broke the defense, and the rules of quitting night milk that had just been established immediately left behind, calling him "three seven twenty-one", first let the child eat enough and not cry. It is precisely because of the mother's soft heart that the baby has not been successful in quitting night milk.
To let the baby successfully quit night milk, the mother's mentality must be correct, do not compromise immediately at the beginning of the action, let the child continue to eat night milk, this is not a responsible approach to the child.
Gradually adjust the feeding time
The reason why babies must eat night milk during the newborn period is because their stomach capacity is small, and the baby will feel hungry after digesting the food. However, after half a year of age, the baby, because of the addition of complementary foods, the satiety of semi-solid food is stronger. Therefore, the baby will not go hungry if he does not feed at night.
After starting to add complementary foods, I suggest that mothers can prepare for night milk. First of all, you can adjust the baby's feeding time, and press the time of the last meal before going to bed backwards, about 22 o'clock. Letting the baby fall asleep after eating can reduce the hunger of the baby after falling asleep, which is conducive to prolonging the baby's sleep time and allowing the baby to get rid of the dependence on night milk.
Step-by-step tips
No one can succeed in quitting night milk at once, and it takes too much time for the baby to accept not eating night milk. In the beginning, babies will wake up at night and ask for night milk in a crying manner, according to their long-established habits. Mothers who are determined to quit night milk, when they encounter such a critical moment, do not immediately carry out feeding action.
Sometimes, babies crying at night doesn't mean they're hungry, they just enjoy the feeling of sucking and finding a sense of security around their mother. So mothers can first give comfort, such as holding the baby and gently patting their back, so that they feel the care of their loved ones, so as to divert their attention. Or give your baby a pacifier and let them be soothed by sucking.
If none of the above methods of reassurance work, then while the mothers try to feed the night milk, they must gradually open the interval between feedings and reduce the amount of milk. The concentration of night milk is adjusted, initially slightly thinner than usual feeding habits, and then slowly transitioned to directly replace the milk with warm water. The feeding interval should also be increased synchronously, from feeding once every two hours, extending to feeding once every three hours, and then feeding once every four hours, until the baby can directly sleep and declare victory.
Occasional special circumstances should be given specially
Quitting night milk is not a once and for all thing, after all, babies will encounter different situations during their growth. For example, one day the baby's daytime exercise is particularly large, and the hunger at night is unbearable, the baby needs night milk to fill the hunger, and once in a while, the mothers should be satisfied.
The original intention of quitting night milk is to quit the baby's dependence on night milk, change the unhealthy feeding method, and not completely quit the baby to drink milk. Occasionally, an exception due to special circumstances is not a failure to quit night milk. Try to think about it, even if we adults with controllable behavior ability, it is inevitable that we will be awakened by hunger in the middle of the night, let alone young babies.
Therefore, on the way to quit night milk, mothers should do special situations and special treatment, and do not drill the "one-size-fits-all" horn tip because of night milk.
Are you struggling on the road to quiting night milk?