The period of breastfeeding is very important, both for the baby, and for mom. With milk not only nutrients, but also necessary vitamins are transferred to the kid that is very important for formation of immunity. Therefore, the decision to stop nursing the child has to be thought over and weighed.
Instruction
1. Analyze readiness of the child for excommunication from a breast. If the baby begins to miss feeding by a breast, easily plays and distracts, then he is quite ready to the breastfeeding termination.
2. Analyze readiness of mother for the breastfeeding termination. If the feeling of fullness of a breast is present only after the first or second admission of feeding, but then decreases and by itself passes, instead of milk in a small amount the liquid similar to colostrum is emitted, the woman has no strong unpleasant and painful feelings - it is also ready to the feeding termination. In most cases similar readiness for completion of breastfeeding comes by 1.3-1.5 years of the child. During this period the feeding termination by a breast will be painless most both for the child, and for his mom.
3. Ask the loved one loving your child to stay with him within 2–3 days, and leave somewhere for this time. It can be the grandmother, dad, the nurse and so on. Such way of excommunication from a breast is the most sparing. During this time the kid will simply forget about chest feeding.
4. Ask the one who will remain for this time with your child, to play as much as possible with the kid. The child has to be surrounded with care and caress, and at the same time is constantly busy.
5. At return of mom the child, most likely, already will also not remember chest feeding. But if it suddenly occurs, do not give to the child a breast. Tell him that there is no milk any more.
6. Before going to bed surely let's the child drink, but from a mug. Do not replace feeding with a breast with a pacifier or a dummy at all. Otherwise then it is necessary to disaccustom the child and to it.
7. For excommunication of the child from a breast choose the period from February to March or from September to October. This most favorable time for a similar action as the probability of catarrhal diseases is increased in the winter, and in the summer – intestinal infections.
8. There are also different ways of excommunication of the child from a breast, but they are more rigid. For example, some mothers smear a breast with brilliant green, eat garlic and so forth. You should not resort to these methods as they are most traumatic for mentality of the kid.
9. If you have no place to leave or the situation does not allow, try to replace at first feeding of the child with a breast before a daytime sleep, and then and for the night various entertaining actions. For the night read the kid the fairy tale, give a favourite toy and so on. Thus, at full readiness of a children's and female body for the breastfeeding termination, this process can quite be painless for both.