How to quit breastfeeding?

Sooner or later the baby comes to say goodbye to my mother's milk . One mother decides that she will feed her child only for up to a year, while the other, despite the angry indignation of others, continues to feed until self-excommunication. And it's not a question of whose choice is the right one, but how to prepare the baby and his body for the transition to a new stage.

When can not we wean?

• When the kid is sick - from a common cold and ending with serious illnesses. Now he, as never needs moral support from his mother, including. and with the help of a breast;
feeding from a common table.
• the time of teething is also not the best period;
• stressful periods in the life of the child - admission to the kindergarten, moving to a new place of residence, a trip to rest;
• summer period - the likelihood of GI disease is high.

Having decided that it is no longer necessary to feed the baby with breast milk, the mother does not always know how to quit feeding correctly. The best time when a baby can be almost painlessly excommunicated is a year and a half. But this does not mean that you need to throw spontaneously.

So, the child's organism is smoothly adapting to the new regime and does not notice that breast milk replaces feeding from a common table. My mother's breast also needs gradual evacuation - the less the baby sucks, the less milk it will produce.

How to quit breastfeeding at night?

The most painful period is the time of nocturnal excommunication. Rarely when the baby immediately begins to sleep all night, without requiring breasts. More often it happens that the child is hysterically crying for hours, and her mother is crying with him.

To somehow distract the baby, you can deliberately not go to bed, and watch at night, for example, a favorite cartoon or read a fairy tale. It is undesirable to feed the child at this time, otherwise there is a great risk that he will get used to eating at night, and then will demand it constantly. Mom during excommunication should wear closed clothes, so as not to provoke the child. It helps a lot if you smear nipples with greenery - a grown-up kid does not want such a breast. At a time when the baby is playing, my mother must necessarily express milk - in this mode, it will disappear in 2 weeks.