How to wean

Under normal circumstances, if you choose to wean completely for 8 months, gradually reduce the number of breastfeeding and replace it with complementary food. Try to make a good connection to facilitate the baby's physical and psychological adaptation. Pay attention to weaning season: the best weaning season is spring and autumn, and the temperature is not high or low, so as to avoid weaning in summer. Here are some tips to help your baby wean: 1. Slowly extend the interval of breastfeeding: If the baby drinks milk every two hours, mommy can slowly extend it to three or four hours, or switch to other foods. In this way, the number of times the baby drinks breast milk can be gradually reduced, and mommy will also reduce the milk because the baby drinks less.

2, change the baby's drinking habits: the baby will have a ritual demand for drinking milk, this drinking habit can be quit first. For example, the baby is used to getting up in the morning to drink breast milk, and must drink breast milk before going to bed at noon. Then mommy can change herself so that the baby can't keep these habits. For example, mommy can get up earlier than the baby, so that the baby can't drink milk directly in bed; Let the baby go to the park to play at noon, and go home to sleep when he is tired. In short, try to keep the baby from being in a situation that makes him want to drink breast milk.

The habit of drinking milk before going to bed can finally be changed: for a baby who is used to drinking breast milk before going to bed at night, this action represents the intimacy between him and his mother. Breastfeeding can also make the baby stop crying and have a soothing effect. So, this meal can stop at the end.

4. Accompany your baby in other ways: Some babies will also drink breast milk when mommy can't play with him and is bored. If mothers have such a situation, they can try to put down what they are doing, play with their baby more, or do some other interesting things, so that the baby will not feel bored and want to drink milk.

5, so that the baby is not easy to drink breast milk: for example, mommy can put on tight clothes, so that the baby is not easy to open clothes and drink breast milk at will.

6. Play games with your baby: Some mothers will make an agreement with their baby to drink breast milk every two days, or stop drinking games similar to breast milk after the baby is three years old. If the baby plays this game seriously, he will be weaned slowly. Gradually reduce the number of feedings, the mother's milk will gradually decrease, and when she is really weaned, her mother will not feel bad about the expansion of milk.

Generally speaking, from the baby's four or five months, parents should feed their children some digestible complementary foods, such as egg yolk and puree. When children are six to eight months old, they can reduce breast milk once a day and replace it with complementary food. In the future, we will continue to reduce the frequency of breastfeeding. We can stop breastfeeding around 1 year old and stop breastfeeding completely at the latest 2 years old. But you still need to give 1 ~ 2 times a day.

The principle of adding complementary food to children is: start from a small amount and gradually increase. Food should be from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, and a second food should be added after one food is adapted. If your children can eat porridge and noodles, grain will become an important staple food in the future. Porridge and noodles can become thicker and thicker. When the child grows to 1 1 month, parents can try to feed soft rice, steamed bread, steamed buns, bread and other foods to get him used to solid food and get more energy and nutrition in the same volume. At the same time, it is necessary to feed a certain amount of milk or milk powder, so that children can continuously ingest excellent protein and other nutrients. Milk is not only nutritious, but also easy to digest and absorb. So it must be remembered that weaning only refers to the weaning of breast milk, not all dairy products. Before the age of 3, children in protein didn't eat much fish and other animals, and milk was still an important food. Before breastfeeding, children should get used to drinking milk, at least 2-3 cups (about 500ml) a day to replace breast milk. First, replace breast milk with rice flour milk 1-2 times, and gradually increase it to 3-4 times, so that the frequency of breast-feeding becomes less and less, and finally it can be completely cut off naturally.

In addition, it is also important to give psychological comfort to the baby when the child is weaned. At first, weaned children will have some impatient and uncomfortable reactions. At this time, as a mother, I should give him more care, besides feeding him personally, I should spend more time with him, so that he can feel that although he can't eat breast milk, his mother is still around to take care of him and protect him.

When the baby is weaned, if you are not careful, there will often be a series of problems. Common ones are:

1. Not used to eating food other than breast milk, refused to try new food. I only eat a few mouthfuls of porridge or noodles, but I can't swallow vegetables and meat, so I can only spit it out. Eating less and less every day, due to insufficient nutrition, gradually thin, lose weight, and even malnutrition. The "milk consumption" mentioned by Chinese medicine refers to the gradual decrease of breast milk when weaning, and the child refuses to eat other foods, which leads to gradual weight loss and looks like tuberculosis (consumption).

2. Develop the bad habit of being partial to food and picky about food. Unbalanced food nutrition will lead to some nutrient deficiency. For example, children are only used to eating milk before weaning and refuse to eat other foods. Parents can only feed more milk to maintain nutritional needs. Some children aged 65,438+0 eat only a few mouthfuls of porridge and rice and a small amount of fish soup, and still drink more than 65,438+0,000 ml of milk every day, resulting in unbalanced nutrition and prone to iron deficiency anemia. Because milk contains little iron, iron will appear if they don't eat meat, eggs and vegetables. Some children are only used to eating sugar porridge and don't eat other foods. They have more carbohydrates and lack protein. Children are not strong, easy to get sick, and calcium deficiency is easy to get rickets. Picky eaters and partial eclipse are all caused by improper family education.

3. It is prone to separation anxiety between mother and child, weaning is not smooth, and mother's breast milk is becoming more and more attached, so we should hold on to mother's breast milk. As soon as mom leaves, she is nervous and anxious, looking for her everywhere, feeling depressed, unhappy all day, and afraid of interacting with people, which is harmful to the physical and mental development of children.

In order to prevent the above problems during weaning, we must pay attention to adding complementary food on time, and train children to accept various foods to prepare for weaning. If you don't like to eat other foods after weaning, you should train patiently from the beginning, so that children can have the opportunity to try different foods, participate in eating by themselves, improve their interest, and prepare attractive, delicious, balanced and soft foods for children to accept easily. You can't force yourself to eat, but concentrate on eating in a harmonious and pleasant atmosphere. When children are not used to receiving solid food, they can get used to drinking milk and soybean milk to ensure adequate nutrition, and then gradually train to eat fish and meat dishes.

Try the above points and wish your baby health and happiness!