Weaning - this is usually a gradual process. It starts from the moment you enter into the child's diet any foods other than breast milk. And it ends when the child ceases to fully breastfeed. The process can take several weeks or months.

To begin to introduce solid foods The lure: a spoon first adult food   It can be from four to six months. Over the next six months, most likely, the child will begin to show signs that it is ready for weaning.

It is important to make the process gradual. Even if a child is ready to eat solid foods, it is not easy to give up a sense of intimacy and comfort, when you breastfeed. Be sure to consider both physiological and emotional needs of the child. In children older than one year the process usually goes easier.

The process of weaning

Start by replacing one daily breast-feeding formula or other products. Begins with feeding, which is the least like you and your child. Every few days, replace one feeding until the baby gradually translate fully to the mixture, or other products.

When you start weaning, replace breast milk infant formula with sufficient iron. Once you stop breastfeeding, the infant should receive from 500 ml to 750 ml per day. If the child is over four to six months, give him solid foods containing iron and vitamin C. Children with twelve months can be given cow's milk.

You can help the following tips:

• Approximately four months start to drink from the cup of the child. If the baby is not yet ready to go to the bottle.
• Slowly decrease the number of feedings per day. Replace one breastfeeding a day intake of other foods. If all goes well, next week, replace another feeding or try to reduce the time of one of the other feeds. Each week continue to cancel or reduce one feeding.
• Encourage your child a bottle before each feeding.
• If you are used to feed the baby before bedtime and gradually teach him to fall asleep without feeding. Create a new ritual for placing the baby.
• More often hug and hold the baby in her arms, to compensate for the lack of physical contact during feeding.

Frequently Asked Questions

• If you become pregnant again, whether to stop feeding her first child? No, you can continue to breastfeed during pregnancy. But should discuss with your doctor if there is enough nutrients get you and the baby.
• If you want to get pregnant How to Get Pregnant: Recommendations to help Whether we should cease to feed the first child? You can continue breastfeeding, but it reduces the likelihood of conception Conception - as the emerging life .
• How does weaning on the state of the child's teeth? You must provide enough nutrients for the growth of the baby teeth. When you are weaning, do not give him too much sugary liquids, especially before going to sleep, it can cause tooth decay. Do not put your baby to bed with a bottle. A child older than one year should not breast-feed at night.
• What to do if you want to stop breastfeeding, and the child does not want to? If possible, continue to breastfeed for some time. If not possible, give him breast milk or infant formula in the bottle and usually hug the baby.
• What if at weaning you feel pain in your chest? The more gradual weaning is, the less chance of trouble with the breast of the mother. But if you still going stagnation of milk, do not worry, the milk will soon cease to be generated and you will feel better. While you can apply ice to the chest or use other home remedies to alleviate the condition.
• Should I start or stop giving your child supplements? Many doctors recommend a daily basis to give children vitamin D. Discuss with your doctor whether to give your child the vitamin or any other, and if so, in what dosage.

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