4hw.com.cn: it's estimated that many mothers have heard that spring is suitable for weaning their babies, so they want to take the opportunity to wean their babies at this time. Is spring the best weaning time? This saying is true and wrong. To be sure, compared with the hot and dry summer and cold winter, the temperature in spring and autumn is appropriate, and the baby's stomach is easy to accept new food, not prone to diarrhea and other diseases. But what's wrong is that it's too dogmatic to hold this time point to wean the baby.
The so-called "best time to wean" must be based on the actual development of the baby, rather than the rigid weaning of the baby in a certain month or a certain season. Mothers must not decide to wean immediately just by the temperature.
When is the best weaning time
The following signals represent the baby's' best weaning period ':
1. There are many kinds of complementary foods that can be eaten, and the dependence on human milk is gradually reduced;
2. Diet gradually turned to solid food;
3. The interest in breast milk is decreased, and it is easy to be distracted when taking milk, like looking around, even running away;
4. It can adapt to dairy products other than breast milk.
The best way to wean is to wean naturally. However, not all babies can wean naturally. Some babies may need to experience some setbacks. The mother should know the right weaning skills in advance to help the baby successfully through the weaning period.
How to wean
1. Step by step
Weaning is a step-by-step process. First, let the baby be familiar with the formula and accept the taste of the formula, and then slowly replace the breast milk. Reduce one or two times a day, gradually to stop, during which increase the number of other food feeding, this way of weaning on the one hand, the mother will not suffer from breast swelling, on the other hand, the baby also has a process of adaptation. If the breast is swollen, mothers can use cold compresses to reduce breast swelling.
2. Reduce night milk
Some babies need to be fed at night or in the middle of the night, which is not good for weaning. Mom and dad try to induce the baby to sleep all night and stop the night milk. When the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, we should try to avoid using breast milk to coax him to sleep. We can try to use hug, clap and coax to let him fall asleep again. Recommended reading: there are so many potential dangers in the baby with small red dots! You must watch when you are a mother!
3. Pay more attention
Weaning may make the child feel lost. At this time, don't forcibly separate the mother from the baby, or turn a blind eye to the crying of the baby. Instead, pay more attention to the baby and let him know that even if he doesn't breastfeed, the mother loves him.
4. Reduce your baby's chances of touching breasts
After weaning, try to reduce the chance for the baby to see and touch the breast, so as not to cause the desire to milk. A mother can wear clothes that are not easy for her baby to touch her breasts, or change clothes in front of her baby improperly.
Pay attention to the wrong way of weaning
Some mothers will choose simple and rough forced weaning, but will leave a lot of 'weaning sequelae' for their children. For example, the following weaning methods are wrong:
1. Separation and weaning
For example, some mothers choose to take care of the baby for a few days, or mothers leave home for a period of time, not to let each other lift until the child is completely weaned. But weaning is not a "quick knife to cut the mess". It is easy to destroy the child's sense of security and make the child timid and clingy. Therefore, no matter how hard the weaning process is, the mother should accompany the children to spend together.
2. Threat method of partial prescription for weaning
Through the application of purple potion, pepper water, mustard and other irritants on the nipple, the baby can't eat, dare not see, hate Mimi and give up automatically. These methods are often accompanied by hysterical crying and psychological shadow of the baby. I feel that my mother doesn't want me, and she is terrible! We ignore that babies also have security and emotional needs.
3. Indecisive weaning
Some mothers are hesitant to wean their babies. Today, I heard that "six months later, the milk is not nutritious", so I broke the milk for my child; tomorrow, I heard that it's better to breastfeed, so I breastfeed again. More mother can't help crying and tossing of children, the heart a soft on the temporary stop weaning. Such repeated weaning will not only fail to wean successfully, but also cause anxiety for both mothers and children.