If the baby is still young, mothers can also comfort themselves and say: "The baby's stomach capacity is small, it is easy to be hungry, night milk is normal, just wait for it to be older!".”
However, as your baby grows older, night feeds continue. On the one hand, we are worried about the poor sleep quality of the baby, which will affect the growth and development. On the other hand, because I can't sleep enough, I am exhausted, and even the sleep of the whole family is fragmented because of the baby's frequent night feeding.
So today, Junjun's mother will share with you the method of night weaning, and talk about the ...... of night weaning
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How many times does your baby need night feeding?
Night milk is a normal need for babies during growth and development, and the number of night milk needs of babies at different ages can beReference:Figure below.
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There are many disadvantages of night milk, and when it is broken, it will be broken
01 Prone to tooth decay
If the baby is still drinking night milk after teething, because he will fall asleep while drinking, his teeth will be soaked in breast milk or milk powder containing sugar for a long time, which will make it easier for bacteria to form caries.
02 Affect your mother's sleep
When the baby wakes up frequently at night, the mother can only wake up repeatedly to sleep and feed, which will not only affect the mother's sleep quality, but also lead to insomnia, disordered work and rest, and lack of energy.
03 Overfeeding
Frequent night feeding will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, causing digestive and absorption disorders. Moreover, once the mother is not well rested, confused, can not control the baby's milk volume well, let the baby eat non-stop, but also easy to cause overfeeding, resulting in the baby growing too fat, is not conducive to the baby's health.
From the above analysis, we can see that the disadvantages of giving the baby night milk are really not small, and the baby and the mother will have adverse effects, so let's find a way to help the baby say goodbye to the habit of eating night milk.
What are the tips for baby night weaning?
01Establish a set "bedtime ritual".
Take a hot bath, change into pajamas, tell a story, sing a bedtime song, and more to help your child relax and get ready for bed. Be sure to start these activities before your child gets overworked.
After a period of time, the child associates these activities with sleep and falls asleep relaxed and comfortably.
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02Interact with your baby
Many times the baby eats night milk not because he is hungry, but wants to be close to his mother, and when the baby has a sense of security, he will sleep with peace of mind. If the mother does not have time to spend with the baby at work during the day, she will find that the baby's night milk is very frequent.
BabyWhat is needed is:The companionship and care of his parents should not make him feel that his parents are alienating him.
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03Adjust the feeding time
Adjust step by stepThe baby's feeding time should be advanced or postponed by half an hour each time.
Here's an example
Gradually delay milk from 3 to 4 a.m. to 4 or 5 a.m. Then gradually advance the milk at 11 o'clock at night to about 10 o'clock in the first half of the night, and so on.
If your baby wakes up at night and doesn't sleep and cries, you can give your baby some water to drink, instead of feeding directly. In this way, the baby will not be hungry, even if he is hungry, sleeping does not consume energy, as long as he eats well and eats enough during the day.
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04Try to eat enough before going to bed
You can feed your baby some complementary foods (such as rice noodles) that can fill your stomach 1 hour before bedtime, or add more milk to reduce your baby's hunger during sleep.
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It's best not to be too rough with overnight weaning!You can't eat night milk frequently yesterday, and you don't give a bite today, which is not good for the baby, and it is easy to lead to the failure of night milk.
In addition, parents should be patient and determined so that they do not give up halfway.
Jun Ma warmly reminds
It is inevitable that the baby will cry after weaning at night, and at this time, the whole family must not make a mess. We are helping babies develop good habits, and only after weaning off night feeds can babies develop better. If you have other parenting problems that you don't understand, you can consult Junjun's mother parenting team