What to do if your baby makes a fuss at night due to milk pinching

When a newborn baby is just born, he or she is not used to eating food from the outside world and needs to rely on breast milk for several months before gradually eating food from the outside world. Newborn babies are somewhat dependent on breast milk. Some babies even have to rely on sucking milk from the nipple to fall asleep at night. But when the baby reaches a certain age, adults have to pinch the milk. Some babies cannot adapt to not having milk for a while, so they tend to cry, especially when they are sleeping at night. What should parents do at this time?

1. Try to divert your baby's attention and coax him to sleep when he really wants to sleep. This way he will fall asleep faster. The prerequisite for weaning a baby is that the baby must eat complementary foods well (the baby must be full, and the baby must be willing to eat complementary foods). You cannot wean the baby blindly, as the baby will not be able to bear it and parents will feel distressed. Babies need to learn to eat from bottles and drink formula and milk. It is best not to sleep with your mother in the first few days after weaning. Let the person your baby is closest to take care of him/her at night; this will also reduce the baby's crying.

2. Be sure to isolate yourself from your mother. Remember: if you want to wean your baby, don't hesitate or look back. After weaning, don't give in to breastfeeding just because your baby cries. The consequence is that the baby is prone to "milk tuberculosis", which is very harmful to the baby. If the baby cries loudly, the father or other relatives can comfort and coax him.

3. Don’t wean your baby in the summer

Because the weather is hot in summer and the gastrointestinal digestive function is weakened, if too much complementary food is added to the child after weaning, it can easily cause indigestion or even gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea. It is generally best to wean babies in spring and autumn.

4. Do not use force or intimidation to wean your child.

It is not advisable to force children to wean by applying spicy, bitter or colored substances on the nipples. Complementary food should be made to look good, smell good and taste good so that children will like to eat it. Over time, children will no longer be willing to drink milk.

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