Experts recommend breastfeeding your baby for
his first 6 months of life. Mothers have to make personal decisions regarding
when to start weaning. Ending the breastfeeding relationship can give many
challenges for both mother and baby. Let's make the transition easier by
following your baby’s suggestions and starting the process
gradually.
Experts
recommend breastfeeding your baby for his first 6 months of life
As your baby starts
Selecting time is an important factor in
deciding when to wean your baby. If personal conditions allow, consider letting
your baby start the weaning process. He can gradually reduce the number of
nursing throughout the day. This can occur when he starts eating more solid
foods and learns how to drink water from a glass. He can also unlike
breastfeeding when he becomes more active. Take the suggestions from him and
gradually reduce the number of feedings.
If
personal conditions allow, consider letting your baby start the weaning process
As parents start
You should stop breastfeeding before your baby
shows signs of self-weaning. Do not start the weaning process when the baby is
sick or teething. You should also postpone weaning if your baby is going
through changes, such as starting going to kindergarten or moving to a new
house. If you or the baby's father get food allergy, the doctor may recommend
postponing weaning until your baby's first birthday.
Selecting
time is an important factor in deciding when to wean your baby
Wean
Please stop breastfeeding gradually. Consider
skipping one feeding about one time a week. Skipping a midday feeding can be
good a starting point. Your baby tends to attach to the early morning feeding
and feeding before bedtime. If you want, you can skip some feedings while
maintaining others. Working mothers can choose to skip feedings during the
workday and wait until the baby gets older to wean completely.
Use entertainment
Weaning can be a difficult transition for you
and your baby. You should give your baby lots of entertainments at the time
that you usually breastfed before. You can give him a favorite game or take him
out. You can also change his daily habits so that he has little attention to
the lack of breastfeeding. Do not sit at places that you often breastfeed and
do not wear the nursing clothes. Ask your husband to help distract your baby by
playing with him. You can also give him a glass to drink or give an older baby
a snack.
