How long does the weaning period usually last?

Many mothers who have raised children know that weaning a child is a very difficult task, because children are not very good at accepting new things. Therefore, some babies take a long time to wean and need to drink milk powder to solve this problem. However, some babies will get tired of milk. What should we do after a long time? Let’s see how long the milk aversion period will last and what to do?

It usually takes about two weeks. If it is not handled properly, it may take a month. This is a process that almost every baby has to go through. When the baby is tired of milk, he doesn’t like to drink milk and has a poor appetite. At this time, parents should not rush to force the baby to drink milk, otherwise it will cause the baby’s disgust and prolong the improvement process of the milk aversion period. At this time, you can only let the baby’s body adjust itself. Generally, it will turn around in two to three weeks. If the baby doesn’t like to drink milk these days, don’t worry. It’s okay for the baby to be hungry for a few days. He will naturally drink something when he is hungry. My baby was the same when he was three or four months old. He would cry as soon as he saw milk. I could only feed milk when the baby was drowsy, or feed him with a spoon or drink milk directly from a cup.

The baby's milk aversion period, the first 100 days, is mostly from 4 to 6 months. It is a sign that the baby has thoughts. Comparing milk powder and breast milk, babies will of course choose the sweetness of breast milk. hehe

Most babies no longer feed in one go, but instead stop and start feeding, sometimes making gurgling sounds. There are also some curious babies who stop sucking milk as long as there is a sound or people walking around. Obviously, other things are much more interesting to them than sucking milk.

Therefore, in medicine, this temporary aversion to milk in babies aged four to five months is called the "physiological anorexia period." Its characteristics are that the child develops normally and is very energetic, but the amount of milk is temporarily reduced. Usually the child's appetite recovers naturally in about a month.

Although babies at this stage eat less, most are still able to maintain their normal growth, and there is no evidence that this will affect their intellectual development. Therefore, parents can evaluate their baby's growth based on the growth curve. If the baby does not deviate from the normal growth curve, they can just let nature take its course.

However, for some babies, the milk aversion period lasts too long, and you cannot simply wait for them to recover naturally. Because the human stomach is an elastic bag, if you don't stretch it often, you will gradually get used to not feeling hungry. Some children initially have physiological anorexia, and gradually their weight stops increasing appropriately. On the growth curve, their weight percentile drops by two curves, or falls below the third percentile. This is called "growth retardation" and is considered pathological anorexia. It must be evaluated by a doctor and actively supplement nutrition.

How long does the milk aversion period last? This issue was introduced above. I wonder if you have some understanding of it. If mothers have no parenting experience, they can take some effective methods to improve it. The baby’s health is what every family hopes for, and they also hope that babies can grow up healthily and happily.