How many months is it best to wean your baby?

Weaning is a process that our baby must go through. As our baby continues to grow, breast milk can no longer meet the baby's nutritional needs. So at a certain period of time, our baby must be weaned and stop drinking breast milk. Instead, he must be fed with normal food or milk powder. So at what months is it best to wean your baby? Let’s take a look below.

The best time to wean your baby is between 8 and 10 months, and the best time to completely wean your baby is between 10 and 12 months. It is best to do it in the cool season after spring or autumn, because the climate is pleasant, vegetables and fruits are abundant, and babies can adapt more easily. Some mothers have to go back to work when their baby is only about 4 months old, but please do not wean your baby. It is best for mothers to breastfeed their babies once a day after going to work. The nutrition of breast milk cannot be replaced by any other complementary food, especially in terms of enhancing immunity.

Although babies can generally be weaned between 8 and 10 months, weaning needs to be done slowly. The healthy growth of babies requires the supplementation of various nutrients. Therefore, gradually adding complementary foods until a smooth transition to normal food is an inevitable process. However, when it comes to grasping the timing of weaning, young mothers often act too hastily and wean their babies hastily, which in turn causes a sharp drop in the baby's appetite. The baby's weaning should be done as naturally and gradually as possible. Even when he reaches the age of weaning, you should create a process for him to slowly adapt and never force it.

, baby’s physical development needs.

For babies, the most nutritious and best food is mother's milk. Medical research has shown that the proportion of breastfed babies seeking medical treatment for ear infections, diarrhea, measles, allergies and other diseases is much lower than that of babies fed with milk. Therefore, if you start weaning your baby when he is three or four months old, it would be extremely unfair to the baby and not conducive to his growth.

However, after the baby reaches 12 months old, his body develops rapidly and he needs more abundant nutrition. At this time, the secretion and nutritional content of breast milk are reduced a lot, becoming thin milk, which can no longer fully meet the baby's nutritional needs. If weaning is not done in time, the baby may suffer from malnutrition diseases such as rickets and anemia, resulting in poor appetite, even refusal to eat, and difficulty in feeding.

After understanding the above time for baby's weaning, we recommend that our baby be weaned at 8-10 months, and no later than one year old. The season must also be chosen correctly, spring and autumn are recommended. The timing of weaning must be grasped well, as it is related to the baby's health and development. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the above points.