When Should I Start Weaning Your Baby?

Doctor, when can you start weaning babies? How should weaning work? The mother should note what, please the doctor for further guidance?
Doctor Dinh Thac, Children's Hospital 1, answered:
Breast milk is the perfect source of nutrients for the development of babies, but then it is time to wean the baby.
According to the World Health Organization, if all babies were breastfed, more than one and a half million children in the world would be saved every year.
That's why the Ministry of Health recommends that mothers breastfeed exclusively to six months of age. After this time, babies should still be breastfed alongside the new diet until they are at least two years old.
A general rule of thumb for weaning is to reduce the length of time for the baby to feed, to breastfeed slowly or to fill him up before feeding

. But how do you know it's time to and can wean your baby?
The following signs will help you:
1. Babies can sit up straight and roll the ball forward, without external help.
When these movements are possible, the child is almost one year old The nervous system and motor system are relatively developed, children are strong, and have the ability to self-resistance without breast milk.




2. Your child can speak two to three words outside of ‘daddy’, ‘mother’ or can already say a short sentence
The sentence of the baby now includes only a few simple words but has full of subject, predicate and goes straight to the problem such as: 'Mom carry', 'Dad go out'.
At this time, the nervous system, young hearing develop. This is also the period when a child wants to assert his presence with little vocabulary.
At this stage, you need to add more new foods to help your baby's menu more diverse. The amount of milk outside the baby needs to supplement this time about 500-600ml / day.
3 Children can eat porridge and rice paste
When a child is able to chew and swallow, the digestive system has developed.



At this time the child has been one and a half to two years old.
You should let your child sit at the dining table with your family. This is very beneficial in developing the baby's intelligence as well as to strengthen the affection in the family.
4. When your baby can recognize and be impressed with the colors
By changing the color of your nipples, you can wean your baby. This folklore is only effective when your baby starts to distinguish colors.
When you no longer see the familiar color of your nipple, your baby will gradually stop breastfeeding.
You should only use natural colors to "dye" your nipples.



For example, using turmeric to create yellow color, beets to get red.
5. Children were able to climb up and down stairs
At this level, children are almost two years old or older. This is the age recommended by nutritionists as well as pediatricians to wean.
6. Special cases
In the following cases, babies need to be weaned immediately: the mother has an infectious disease or breast-related conditions such as nipple rupture.
Note: Keep in mind that there is no fixed time for weaning your baby, and should only be weaned when he is in good health, rather than sick or ill.
This will make the baby's health condition worse and later cause anorexia, rickets.




Special attention should be paid to the nutrition of children when weaning so that they do not become deficient.
How to conduct weaning
- Equip enough knowledge and experience if available before weaning your baby.
- Weaning should start slowly instead of abruptly stopping breastfeeding. This means that mothers should actively shorten the time and intensity of breastfeeding, to avoid adverse trauma to the baby's psychology in the future.
For example, in the past, if you used to feed your baby about 7 - 8 times / day for about 5 minutes, now take 3 - 4 times / day for about 3 minutes each time, then slowly cut it off completely.
- If you have started to stop breastfeeding your baby, you should combine feeding with other types of regular milk such as formula, formula, condensed milk or cow's milk (this method should be used only after the child has grown older than 1 year).
- When feeding babies, they need to process soft, small foods such as diluted porridge or flour, which is good for digestion and tooth development of children and eliminates the risk of choking and choking.
- Let children eat many small meals throughout the day.




- Know how to diversify foods for your baby to eat. To create excitement when eating.
According to Dân Trí.

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