How to wean a baby from breastfeeding up to a year
The most natural and harmless processweaning, when breast involution occurs - milk itself decreases in volume and gradually disappears completely. But this can take a long time, not all mothers are ready to do this. Another natural option is to wait until the child refuses the breast himself, this can also take a long time.
How to wean a child from breastfeeding beforeyears - gradually, with the least stress for the child, while carrying him in your arms more often. Photo: Getty There is a simple method that was used by older women. But it is fraught with many dangers for the mother and child. Its principle comes down to a sharp weaning from mother's milk. The child is sent to relatives for several days, and the woman tightly bandages her breast with cotton cloth. For the baby, this is a severe shock - to be left immediately without his beloved milk and without his mother. The woman suffers from an excess of milk in the breast, pain and high temperature, mastitis can develop - a serious inflammatory process in the tissues of the mammary gland. Another option is medication. The gynecologist can prescribe a hormonal drug that suppresses the production of prolactin. Because of this, the amount of milk will gradually decrease. But this method threatens side effects and hormonal imbalance.
What to do with breastfeeding to stop breastfeeding
The most reliable and safe way is to gradually reduce the number of feedings per day. To do this, you need to take the following steps:
- Do not apply the baby during the day when hefull, and uses the breast for calming and relaxation. Just hold him in your arms more often, distract him with games, walks. Don't let him get bored - during this difficult period, mom should always be there. Feed the baby strictly on schedule.
- Carefully remove the daily feeding during sleep, let the child get used to sleep without a breast.
- Morning feeding replace porridge. To do this, you have to get up before waking up the crumbs in order to have time to cook.
- Then you can cancel the evening feeding before bedtime. Baby feed dinner, distract the game, sleep will help to motion sickness and lullabies.
- After that, you can get away from night feedings. If the child is awake, shake it, stroke.
All these points are carried out in turn andgradually. When one is completed, you can move on to the next. This process is not fast and can take up to six months. But the child does not experience stress, he has time to adapt to innovations without harm to his emotional state. Milk production also slowly decreases, which is safe for the mother's health.
