There are different opinions regarding the timing of breastfeeding. Some doctors and gynecologists believe that the child should receive milk from the mother as long as possible, as it is priceless, others tend to believe that breastfeeding is necessary for the first six months, and then the mother decides for herself whether to continue or not. In addition, there is an opinion that only girls should be breastfeeding for more than 2 years - boys can grow long from childhood in the future, if they continue to breastfeed more than two years.
But soon comes the time when it is necessary to stop breastfeeding their babies. Naturally, this time is determined not by the child, but by the mother, which is repelled from external circumstances. But not always weaning from the baby passes naturally, sometimes it causes stress for the child. It happens that for the mother it brings even more emotions. Let's hope that we can give useful advice on how to wean the child correctly.
It is best if your child is applied to the breast up to three times a day. This will help to gradually wean from the chest. If the baby is applied only a few times (after feeding from the bottle, on waking), and at night asleep, then he is almost ready to excommunication from breastfeeding. It is important that not only your child, but you must be ready to be weaned from breast.
Mom will have to suffer unpleasant sensations when the kid is weaned from breastfeeding during a stable lactation, which is accompanied by stagnation of milk in the ducts of the mammary glands, it is necessary to express the milk from time to time, possibly the development of mastitis. It is not necessary at this time to pull the chest - the blood circulation in the mammary glands is broken, the ducts become clogged - this makes the unpleasant sensations worse. Due to the further development of edema, inflammation of the breast can take an infected form. You can avoid such trouble with the mammary glands, if you start weaning the baby from the chest during the involution. Naturally better for you and your child will be, if you get a recommendation from your gynecologist. During lactation, you can be helped by special medications that your doctor prescribes and gives advice on avoiding unpleasant painful sensations.
If a child falls ill or just recovers, it is not recommended to start the process of weaning. Also, do not start excommunication, if there are changes in the life of the mother, and hence the child: the change of residence, the time when the mother is preparing or is already coming to work. In order not to get a gastrointestinal infection, stopping the baby from applying to the breast should not begin in the summer season.
You can start weaning the child, replacing it with other processes - playing, eating - so gradually you will achieve a natural limitation. Mom can offer to give the breast to her more adult child a little later if she can take him an interesting hobby - to look through the book, dance, look through the window (your fantasy continues the list). Always find yourself an occupation, at least visual, so that the child can not so easily make of you "easy prey". Try to wear tight fitting clothing, so the baby will find it more difficult to reach your breast. Gradually, the desire of the baby in the attachment to the chest will subside, and you can give yourself a break in his presence.
Change the habit of laying your child. Let your grandmother or father do it for you. Replace breastfeeding with a milk formula, kefir or your expressed milk. It is worth starting with alternating a bottle with milk and breast, gradually reducing the number of putting the baby to the chest. More grown-up children can be said that the mother is tired and already asleep, or try to leave the crib of the baby in another room, supposedly turn off the stove, wash the dishes if the grandmother or dad is not nearby. Each time you increase the time of excommunication, and probably soon after returning from another room, you will see how the restless baby sleeps sweetly in silence and tranquility.
Let someone from your relatives replace you during the night awakening of the baby. Be persistent! You'll have to sacrifice a few nights, but very soon in the night your baby will not need a mother's breast. And if the child in the morning wanted to suck his chest, you can just hug him, saying that my mother woke up and "still asleep".
Ottuchayte your child from your constant presence with him - are often out of sight of the baby, leave it for a while with the parents. The habit of applying to the mother's breast will fall off by itself. And if the child still remembers this, you can come up with various arguments, such as, for example, the milk of the mother is not so delicious as it was before.
Absolutely not acceptable are methods of weaning, as smearing the breast with something unpleasant to the taste! After all, the mother's breast for the baby is the guarantor of reliability and tranquility, when one can feel absolute safety. Do not listen to such advice from people who are not competent in the psychological aspect of the interaction of the child with his mother.
Some recommend simulating the breast by placing a bottle with expressed milk under the sweater. Or put a fur cloth on the breast, saying that the milk is now for the cat. Sometimes such methods are effective.
Hug your baby more often than usual, caress it during weaning, because this is a stressful period for your child. It happens that with rapid excommunication, the baby tries to make up the habitual process with similar habits - he begins to suck parts of clothes, his fingers, capriciousness appears. You will have to sacrifice your time and principles for the sake of the good of your baby. You will need more patience for serious, but temporary work, the result of which will be for you and your child a reward