When the baby stops sucking breast milk and is starting to get all the nutrients from other sources, so it weaned. If the mother wants to stop breast-feed, it may require a lot of time and patience. Everything will depend on the child's age and how quickly it will be able to regroup. All children process takes place individually.

Weaning like a long goodbye - emotional, sometimes painful, but it's a necessary step. This does not mean that the mother will no longer be so close to the child, as before. Just now the feeding place will take other actions. If you frequently use breastfeeding as a way to calm the baby, will have to find other ways to - read a book, sing a lullaby to play in the street.

When should weaning

The mother can best determine the time for this, and it is best to stop breastfeeding when you and the baby will be ready for it. It is generally recommended to breastfeed until at least a year. But no matter what friends and relatives, there is no specific time when it's time (or pore) weaning. Define the time for yourself.

How to do it

The process in any case must be slow, regardless of age. Experts advise not to stop the feeding of a sudden, it can injure a child. That is, for example, to go on holiday with her husband and leave the child with her grandmother - is not the best solution for weaning. Instead, try the following:

• Pass the feeding and look for the child. Suggest instead a bottle of milk. You can use as a substitute for your own milk, infant formula or cow's milk, if the child is older than one year. If you gradually reduce the number of feedings for several weeks, the child will be easier to go through this change. And you will gradually produce less milk, so you can not suffer from discomfort or even mastitis Mastitis - what to do with the inflammation of the breast? .
• Shorten feeding time. For example, if it usually takes five minutes, try to limit ourselves to three. After feeding, offer him a bottle of orange juice, or infant formula, depending on the age of the child. Evening feeding will reduce the more difficult - it is usually canceled last.
• Delay and distract. If you are already nursing a couple of times a day, try to delay feeding. This method is suitable for the older child, who already understands you. If a child asks his chest, tell that later feed him and distract him with something interesting. Instead of feeding him early in the evening, have to wait until the moment when you put him to sleep.

What if weaning takes place with difficulty

If you have tried all ways, but the child does not want to part with feeding, maybe it's the wrong time. For example, you have recently come to work, and the child is still not used to the new daily routine. If a child is sick, he would often ask his chest. And by the way, it really helps to recover.

Perhaps you have a change occurs in the family, such as divorce or moving. Such events can also complicate weaning. Even just a new stage in the development of the child can be a challenge. Please try again at another time. Sooner or later it will happen.

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