The best time to wean your baby

For mothers, as their children grow up, the various nutrients provided by breast milk can no longer meet the needs of children's growth and development, so they have to wean their children. Weaning will encounter a problem. When is the best time to wean your baby? This problem has also troubled some mothers. Today, I will share with you the content about when to wean your child. Please see the following article on how old a child should be when weaning.

When the baby is 10 to 12 months old, he or she has gradually adapted to foods other than breast milk. The digestive enzymes in the stomach increase, and the muscles of the intestinal wall develop more maturely. This is the best time to wean the baby. If weaning is not done in time, the later the time of weaning, the stronger the baby's attachment to the mother will be, resulting in the baby only eating breast milk and refusing to eat porridge, rice and other weaning foods. Choose the best season and choose a more comfortable season for weaning, such as late spring or autumn. At this time, changes in lifestyle and habits will have less impact on the baby's health. If the weather is hot, the baby will already feel uncomfortable, and weaning will make him cry loudly, and he may also vomit or have diarrhea due to gastrointestinal inability to adapt to the food; cold weather will make the baby's sleep restless and easily cause upper respiratory tract infection. If your baby is weaned at this age, it is best to postpone the weaning time. Best age for weaning: 1 year old

Breast milk is the best food for babies. However, as the baby grows and develops, after 4-6 months, the nutrition in breast milk can no longer fully meet the baby's growth needs, and at this time, appropriate complementary foods must be added. In the early stage of adding complementary foods, the calories provided by complementary foods account for about 10% of the calories provided by all foods; when the baby is 8 to 9 months old, the calories provided by complementary foods account for half of the calories of all foods; and for babies around 1 year old, the calories provided by complementary foods have reached more than 60% of the calories of all foods. At this time, the appropriate conditions are in place to wean the baby from breastfeeding.

Preparation before weaning

In addition, mothers should not apply chili water on nipples in order to wean their children. This will cause the baby to refuse to eat out of fear, thus affecting the health of the body. Weaning is not just a matter between mother and baby. Dad will also play a key role in the weaning process. Dad can assist mother and try to let the child have less contact with mother, so as to avoid seeing mother and thinking about breastfeeding.