What should I prepare for my baby's weaning? What is the best time to wean my baby?

The baby can be weaned when he is about ten months old. Before weaning, mothers should be well prepared and let the baby adapt to the bottle in advance. The attitude towards weaning should be firm and gradual. Pay attention to the emotional changes of the baby during the weaning period and provide comfort.

What should I prepare for my baby's weaning?

1. Adapt to the bottle in advance:

In order to prevent the baby from resisting the bottle, the mother should use the bottle appropriately to give the baby water and milk while breastfeeding, so that the baby can adapt to bottle feeding in advance.

2. Be resolute in your attitude towards weaning, proceed step by step without rushing

Weaning requires not only a firm attitude from the mother, but also a gradual approach to wean the baby off breast milk. How to do it step by step? You can gradually reduce the number of breastfeeding and increase the amount and frequency of complementary food. For example, reduce the number of breastfeeding from 6 times a day to 5 times, and feed complementary food instead of breastfeeding. After the baby adapts, reduce the number of breastfeeding and increase the amount of complementary food until the baby is completely weaned. In addition, since there are more things to attract the baby's attention during the day, it is easier to wean the baby, while the baby is more dependent on the mother at night. Therefore, you can first reduce the number of breastfeeding during the day, and then reduce the number of breastfeeding at night.

3. Pay attention to the emotional changes of babies during weaning and give corresponding comfort

Once you find that your baby is irritable, crying and making trouble during weaning, mothers should first find out the reason for the baby's discomfort, whether it is physical discomfort caused by weaning, or because of the dietary changes caused by weaning, or the psychological impact caused by incorrect weaning methods. Then solve them one by one according to the reasons. Babies in the weaning period need more care and comfort from their mothers. During weaning, mothers should pay more attention to the baby's every move, interact more with the baby, and ensure high-quality companionship.

Best time to wean

In spring, the days are longer and the nights are shorter, and babies sleep less at night, so there is no need to add food in between. Weaning will not be a sudden event. If your child's complementary food is added well, it will not have a big impact on the child's life at all.

Therefore, weaning should be delayed until spring comes, so that the baby can safely transition through the weaning period. In spring, the days are longer and the nights are shorter, so the baby sleeps less at night and does not need to have extra meals in between. Weaning will not be a sudden event, and if your child is well fed with complementary foods, it will not have a big impact on the child's life.

It is not recommended to wean your baby in the summer.

In summer, when the weather is hot, the human body will sweat a lot. In addition to water, sweat also contains a considerable amount of sodium chloride. The chloride ions in sodium chloride are essential substances for gastric acid. A large amount of chloride ions are excreted with sweat, which can easily reduce the production of gastric acid, affect food digestion, cause the baby's loss of appetite, and increase the bacteria in the food accordingly.

If you wean the baby at this time, it will change the baby's eating habits and make it easy for the baby to suffer from gastrointestinal diseases. The disease will affect the baby's appetite and greatly reduce the amount of food, which will also affect the absorption of nutrients, weaken the baby's resistance and damage the baby's health.

How long does weaning take?

1. From the baby's perspective, weaning generally takes about a week. During this time, the baby will gradually lose the desire to breastfeed, and after two weeks, the baby will completely lose interest in breastfeeding. When weaning, pay attention to adding complementary foods and eat more nutritious liquid foods.

2. From the mother's perspective, weaning is also the time when the mother stops producing milk. Generally speaking, after weaning the baby, the mother will gradually stop producing milk. After the baby is weaned, there will generally be no problem of milk engorgement in about 7 days, and there will generally be no milk secretion in half a month.