There’re rules in weaning babies and schedules for it.
One day you realize that your children are no longer
interested in breast milk or formula milk, but their eyes shine when seeing a
carrots, enjoy a piece of pumpkin with their gum; they’re attracted to foods.
It’s time you switched to a new stage of taking care of our babies: weaning.
The followings are some necessary notes for moms to wean children rightly.
When should you wean babies?
Babies should get
weaned from milk at around 4 to 6 months old.
Babies should get weaned from milk at around 4 to 6 months
old. Besides, there’re some interesting signs showing babies are ready for the
weaning:
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Children start to sit up and raise their head.
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Children start being curious about things around them.
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Children start controlling tongue’s activities.
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Finally, children are still hungry after being breastfed for a
whole day.
Should children get fed milk during the weaning?
The first question is how long should babies be breastfed or
fed formula milk? You should take notice that children need providing with
breast milk or formula milk regularly to meet the need of energy and essential
nutrients. More importantly, children are used to the milk. Therefore, the best
way is to feed children breast milk or formula milk while weaning them.
You should take
notice that children need providing with breast milk or formula milk regularly
to meet the need of energy and essential nutrients.
You should breastfeed children in the morning or after meals
and before bed. If they are still thirsty and able to drink the whole bottle of
milk, you should give them some weaning foods before feeding them milk.
Otherwise, you don’t have to do so. From 7 to 10 months old, milk is still the
main food of babies; the weaning foods are just additional with the role to
help children get used to foods and learn to distinguish tastes, and they don’t
have many effects on providing nutrients.
Children at 9 months old should have 590ml-830ml milk a day,
drink milk every 3-4 hours.
Children from 9 to 12 months old should have 470-700ml milk
a day, drink milk every 4-5 hours.
