Looking for some information on how to stop breastfeeding to baby? We’re here for you! Usually a kid is ready to be weaned from mom's breast when all milk teeth have already appeared, so the sucking reflex almost fades away, and the level of breast attachments reduces to 2-4 per day. It usually takes about 2-3 years.
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Sometimes breastfeeding has to be stopped because of a mother's sickness, or when a new pregnancy takes place. It is better that the completion of breastfeeding happens as gradually as possible, so it does not happen during other large changes: like with the mother's coming back to work or moving.
How to stop breastfeeding for baby without engorgement: full guide
When should breastfeeding be stopped?
A lot of pediatricians in Nigeria and abroad believe that the child should be fed until he or she refuses the mother's milk. It usually happens when the kid is about 3 years old. WHO says it is better to breastfeed to two years and go on feeding further if mom and baby wish so.
In favor of this idea, different data show that kids, who are breastfed more time than average, usually have much better health condition and also higher intellectual abilities. One more plus of prolonged lactation for the mother, also it reduces the risk to getting breast cancer.
Engorgement isn’t a normal reaction of the body if you stop breastfeeding in a correct way. So to do that you should follow all the rules and tips we have below.
Does breast milk become useless after a year of breastfeeding a child?
The idea that after a year of feeding, the mother's milk loses all its unique properties is wrong. A lot of studies have already shown that during the second and third year of lactation it still contains all the proteins, microelements, carbohydrates, vitamins, fats, biologically active substances and many other things necessary for the baby. They develop the brain and provide the baby with everything necessary to preserve health and active growth.
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How to determine a child's readiness to be weaned?
Taking a decision to stop breastfeeding to child, the mother should take into account not only the kid's age, but also by the readiness for this.
If the child is goes for breast milk every time before bed or daytime nap or just after waking up. If the child wakes up several times a night for the mother's milk, finishes with breastfeeding, and also cannot calm down without sucking, hence, he is not yet ready to stop.
If the mom is tired, then the situation is opposite. It is reasonable to limit the amount of feedings, as well as periodic absences of the mom.
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How to stop breastfeeding to child
It is good, if it takes place gradually, with understanding and love. It begins with the systematization of attachments during the day. It will help the introduction of rules. For example, 'Mom will feed you just after she finishes doing housework’ or ‘you're already big boy, let's not suck a breast on the street’. The major thing to remember is that in any training graduality and flexibility are very important, and your authority will not be harmed if you step back from the restrictions a couple of times.
When the baby starts taking breast milk only when he/she is about to sleep or immediately after waking up, you can move on to the next stage. In order to do this, you should teach your kid to ‘get up completely’ without taking breast milk. if the mother has long woken up and prepares breakfast for the family, the child will be better distracted from the wish to suck, than if the mother is lying next to him and tries to sleep.
In order for the kid to start falling asleep without breast, sucking should become a little part of the bedtime ritual. Bath, light massage, his favorite book with a fairy tale or a lullaby - all these rituals before sleeping should be amazing. Then dealing without breastfeeding, meaning, switching the kid's attention to some other actions would be much easier.
When should your child be weaned from breastfeeding?
If a child is ill, especially when he has acute intestinal disorders, it is not a good idea to stop breastfeeding. Do not also stop it during hot summer weather or immediately after any prophylactic vaccination.
Unwanted ways of weaning are separation from the mom and lubricating the breast with something salty or bitter, as it leads to lots of stress for the child. It forces him to sharp, sudden, rather than gradually adaptation to changes. In addition, a sharp weaning can cause lactostasis and even mastitis.
What to do if you need to stop breastfeeding ASAP?
In different serious situations, for example, separation of baby and mother, a mother's sickness, you need to stop lactation. In order to do this, you should use a breast pump (or hands) till a sense of relief (not completely) comes. You should drink lactation-reducing herbs in order to avoid lactostasis and mastitis. You should never tighten your chest, as it surely increases the risk of injuring the breasts and their infection, but does not lower the amount of produced milk at all.
In any case, it is also better to avoid the use of all hormones, as they are destructive to the mom's body, and can provoke different complications such as allergic reactions, reduced visual acuity, lowering blood pressure right up to collapse and many others.
So be sure you do everything right not to hurt your child and yourself!
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