What are the dangers of weaning a 2-year-old baby?

We all know that when our baby is about 8 to 10 months old, we parents should wean our baby. This period is the best time for weaning. If we do not wean our baby, our baby will not get enough nutrition, which will affect the baby's health and development. So what are the dangers of weaning a 12-year-old baby? Let’s take a look below.

Weaning is a very important period for babies and a major turning point in their lives. Weaning is not just a change in food variety and feeding methods, but more importantly, it has an important impact on the baby's psychological development. That is why psychologists call this process the second mother-infant separation. While sucking milk, the baby is constantly communicating emotionally with the mother and gaining maternal love, which has an important impact on the baby's physical and mental development. If the weaning method is inappropriate, not only will the baby find it difficult to adapt psychologically, but it will also have a negative impact on the baby's physical health. The weaning method of applying pepper, ink, mercurochrome, gentian violet or coptis water on nipples is not advisable and will cause great psychological harm to the baby. As a result, the baby may cry, feel fearful, or feel uneasy, or try to get comfort by sucking handkerchiefs, quilts, and mother's clothes, and may even develop abnormal behaviors that are difficult to correct in the future.

If weaning is too late, the breast milk will gradually become thinner, that is, the amount of breast milk and the nutrients it contains will gradually decrease, and can no longer meet the needs of the baby's growth and development, causing the baby to become emaciated, suffer from various nutritional deficiencies, and become weak and sickly. If the mother breastfeeds for a long time, it will cause poor sleep at night, poor spirits, loss of appetite, weight loss and weakness, and even irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, uterine atrophy, etc. Therefore, for the health of the baby and the mother, it is not advisable to wean the baby too late.

When the baby is about 6 months old, complementary food should be added to help him get used to eating food other than breast milk, but the quantity should be small and the quality should be thin and soft. After a period of adaptation, breast milk is gradually replaced by complementary foods to complete weaning. If you are not well prepared to wean your baby, and decide that the time has come to wean your baby, you suddenly stop feeding your baby. This practice of weaning your baby immediately will make the baby feel unhappy, affect his mood, and easily cause illness.

The fact that babies aged 12 should be weaned is a matter of concern to us parents and is also an issue that deserves our attention. The fact that babies aged 12 should be weaned has a great impact on the baby's physical health and will also affect the baby's development and other issues. The above-mentioned hazards are the hazards that should be avoided when a 12-year-old baby is weaned. We, as parents, must understand them. This will be beneficial to the baby and not harmful.