How Do I Wean My Baby?
Are you really ready to wean completely? Sometimes just cutting back on the amount of times you breastfeed will make you feel better. Breastfeeding is a two-way street. If you resent it most times you sit down to breastfeed, your child will pick up on this. If your baby is under a year (or older, sometimes), you will have to substitute a bottle feeding for a missed breastfeeding. An older baby may accept a drink from a cup, a nutritious snack, or just a distraction in the form of a game, a toy, or change of scene. Remember, the first supplemental feed, from a bottle, or of solid food, is the beginning of weaning.
If weaning is your decision, it's best for you and your baby to do it gradually, and with love. If you wean "cold turkey," your breasts will likely become painfully engorged, and you might develop a breast infection. Your baby will probably fight the switch from your warm, soft breast to a plastic substitute. He might mourn the loss of "his" breasts.
If you must wean suddenly, see our , and our New Beginnings article "" for helpful ideas.
To wean a baby under a year, substitute his least favorite feeding first. If the baby won't accept the bottle from you, (he knows the breast is right around here somewhere!) see if Daddy or Grandma can succeed. Let the baby have a few days (or weeks, if possible) between each time you substitute a breastfeeding session with a bottle. Express a little milk from your breasts, to your own comfort, if you become engorged. Don't express a whole feeding' just take the pressure off. Your body will get the signal to make less milk over time.
Do you want to wean a baby who is about a year, or older? You may not need to go to bottles at all. All you may need to do is stop offering the breast. "Don't offer, don't refuse" may work for you. Or, learn to substitute a cup of water, juice or cow's milk (if tolerated), or solid food, for the baby or toddler's least important feeding. Sometimes Dad (or another relative) can help by taking the baby to the kitchen for a good breakfast--Daddy style. This can become a special time for both of them. (And you get some extra sleep!) For mealtime feeds, try to offer food first, with a short session at the breast for later. Avoid sitting down in your special favorite "nursing chair." If your child won't nap without breastfeeding, sometimes a car ride will get him or her to sleep.
The nighttime feeding is usually the last to go. Make a bedtime routine not centered around breastfeeding. A good book or two will eventually become more important than a long session at the breast. Your child may agree to rest his head on your breast instead of feeding. Talk to your child about what's going on. He may understand more than you think.
A lot of extra love and attention in other forms will be needed now. Try getting out more, to the playground, a friend's house, shopping, museums, anything your child will be distracted with and stimulated by. Read stories, rub or scratch their little back, sing and dance. It's a whole new stage in your growing child's life. You will still be needed, just in different ways.
A useful resource is The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning by Kathleen Huggins and Linda Ziedrich, available from . See also our .
Our FAQs present information from La Leche League International on topics of interest to parents of breastfed children. Not all of the information may be pertinent to your family's lifestyle. This information is general in nature and not intended to be advice, medical or otherwise. If you have a serious breastfeeding problem or concern, you are strongly encouraged to talk directly to a. Please consult health care professionals on any medical issue, as La Leche League Leaders are not medical practitioners
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不明白过去没奶粉的时候，好多孩子都吃到好几岁，甚至有的孩子上学还吃呢，也没人说什么。怎么现在多喂几个 ...对的
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亲，喂呗，宝宝想吃就给吃，别理他们。
我也是好不容易追奶成功的那型，我就舍不得断。想自然离乳。
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现在的关键是孩子不吃了，咋办~~~~
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老人这样负面信息引导宝宝是非常不好的噢！
一岁多正是依恋高峰期，需要被好好满足，有利于宝宝安全感的建立。不建议这个阶段离乳噢。
怎样 给宝宝断奶才好？ What is the Best Way to Wean a Baby?
网友：我希望能喂宝宝至少两岁，这样可以吗？一般国际母乳建议喂到几岁？
国际母乳会：国际母乳会建议最理想的断奶过程是母亲和孩子两个人同时都觉得可以断了，没有一个上限要喂到几岁或者必须得几岁以上非得断了，没有一个说法，因为每个孩子不同每个母亲也不同。有时候是孩子先想断，母亲心理还没准备好，有时候相反，母亲已经有点喂得觉得够了，可是孩子还有需求。因为这是两个人的一种关系，要考虑两方面的需求。
　自然断奶信号：
　　大部分的孩子如果让他自然断奶，可能两岁左右或者三岁或者四岁有时候更大，如果到了最后一期可能白天就不吃了只是夜里吃，或者睡觉前或者刚醒吃的那一顿比较长。
　　如果一个孩子从一岁以前可能一天吃8—12次，到了一岁左右可能是6—8次，有的时候更少，慢慢就放弃了白天的奶，他要玩，他想学东西，别的东西会让他转移注意力，他想吃母乳的需求也就自然减少了，白天吃得越来越少，可能睡觉前要吃，醒了以后要吃几口又去玩。
　　主持人：宝宝出现这种状况是非常好的自然断奶时期？　　
　国际母乳会：是。
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这么大应该断奶了
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我跟亲的情况差不多 但是我们还没开始段 只是我有总有这想法一直没给段
我妈说 我这是自私 有时想象也是 为了孩子早晚得段 不能吃一辈子吧
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