Should babies be separated from their mothers when they are weaned? What should we pay attention to when weaning babies?

Babies usually need to be weaned when they reach a certain age, otherwise they will suffer from malnutrition. Babies will be very uncomfortable when they are weaned, so mothers will separate from their babies. So let's find out whether babies need to be separated from their mothers when they are weaned. What should we pay attention to when weaning babies?

The baby does not need to be separated from the mother for weaning. Weaning should be gradual and natural. If the baby is separated from the mother and weaned suddenly and quickly, it will make the baby uncomfortable and feel lost. You can first slowly reduce the number of breastfeeding, and then gradually reduce it after the mother and baby are more adapted, and then completely wean the baby. You can appropriately increase formula milk to allow the baby to slowly adapt to formula milk, increase the nutrition and amount of complementary food, and develop the habit of three meals a day. You can add some snacks and fruits to ensure balanced nutrition. To reduce the baby's dependence on the mother, reduce the time the baby spends with the mother, and give the baby a psychological adaptation process, you can first stop the bedtime and night feeding. When the baby wants to sleep, you can let the father or family coax the baby to sleep. He may cry for a while if he can't see his mother, but over time, he will sleep well after adapting for a few days, and he doesn't need night feeding in the middle of the night. Before and after weaning, you can appropriately comfort the baby, but you can't indulge the baby, and you don't need to deliberately separate the baby for weaning.

1. It is best not to wean babies in the summer. In the hot summer, several enzymes that help digestion in the gastrointestinal tract decrease. Babies already have poor appetites and weakened digestion and absorption abilities. If the types of food and eating patterns are changed, it will cause digestive disorders and diarrhea. Therefore, weaning should be done in spring and autumn. 2. It is not advisable to wean babies when they are sick or recovering from an illness. When babies are sick, their digestive abilities are weakened. Weaning and feeding them other foods at this time will cause indigestion and affect the recovery of the baby. Therefore, weaning should be done after the baby has completely recovered from the illness.

3. When weaning a baby, it is not advisable to apply spicy, bitter or colored substances on the nipple to force weaning. This practice will cause fear in the baby and affect his health.

4. During the weaning process, you should take more careful care of the baby. Because the baby's teeth have not grown fully at this time, and the digestive function of the stomach and intestines is not yet adapted, it is best to make soft and broken food for the baby to avoid diarrhea due to indigestion. The staple food should be rice porridge, soft rice, steamed bread, noodles, etc., and vegetables, fish, eggs, etc. should be added. Fried, greasy and raw and cold food should not be eaten. It is better to eat 4 meals a day, and 250-500 ml of milk or other dairy products should be given every day to ensure nutritional supply.

5. After weaning, if the mother feels breast engorgement, she can use a breast pump to suck out the milk. She can also use 60 grams of roasted malt and 30 grams of raw hawthorn, boil them in water and drink as tea. The milk will stop flowing in 3 to 4 days.

Most of the time, weaning a baby will be very effective in about two weeks, which is mainly related to the baby's usual eating habits and physical constitution. During the period of weaning a baby, it should be a gradual process to prevent the child from being uncomfortable. If the baby cries, the child's emotions should be comforted. In addition, the number of times the child drinks breast milk should be gradually reduced, and the amount of milk powder used should be increased to prevent the child from indigestion and bloating. It is also recommended to let the child eat complementary foods appropriately, which can promote the baby's appetite and is also beneficial for weaning.

Drinking milk powder is not mandatory, it mainly depends on the age of the child. If the baby does not eat milk powder after weaning, you can give the child a simulated pacifier. The main component of the simulated pacifier is liquid silicone, which is transparent and soft and can imitate the mother's nipple, so that the child will not reject breastfeeding. In addition, you can use a cup to make milk powder for the child, and then use a spoon to feed the child formula milk powder in the same way as feeding water. Slowly the child adapts to the taste of milk powder, and then gradually switch to a bottle. In addition, to avoid malnutrition in the child, it is necessary to add complementary foods to the child in time, such as rice noodles, porridge, and egg yolks.