How many months is it appropriate to wean at night and start weaning at night in a few months?

Infants should preferably be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life; After 6 months, complementary foods can be added, and the daily milk volume can be guaranteed; Breastfeeding can also continue after 1 year of age, and when weaning depends on the needs of the mother and the child.

According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, for optimal growth, development and health, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, i.e. consumed exclusively with breast milk. "Exclusive breastfeeding" is defined as not being fed any food or drink other than breast milk, not even water, and vitamin D supplementation can be given. Breast milk is the ideal food for the healthy growth and development of the baby, it is also an integral part of the reproductive process and has an important impact on the health of the mother.

The World Health Organization recommends that infants begin receiving complementary foods in addition to breast milk at 6 months (180 days). Food should be appropriate, meaning that it should provide enough energy, protein and micronutrients to meet the nutritional needs of the child's growth. If both mother and child are acceptable, partial breastfeeding up to 2 years of age or older can be used.

However, it should be noted that the baby's over-dependence on breast milk will affect the addition of normal complementary foods, which will affect the baby's normal nutritional intake.

Some babies are accustomed to drinking milk at night, which is similar to modern people eating supper, and has become a habit of life, or the baby falls asleep without drinking at all, and will get up at night to eat night milk. The baby drinks night milk so frequently, which also has a certain impact on the baby's body, and also affects the mother's sleep. In this regard, many mothers want to quit night milk for their babies, so is it better for babies to wean off night milk for a few months?

In fact, the baby will be weaned at night for a few months, depending on the situation. For babies within three months, mothers choose to breastfeed, and night milk is also very frequent. But for the sake of the baby's growth, you must insist on giving night milk.

However, after three months, if the baby's night milk is still so frequent, the mother can appropriately reduce the number of night milk for the baby. There are generally two situations to wean the baby at night, one is that the baby can sleep for more than six hours every night, then you can wean the baby at night, and it will not affect the baby's development. The second is that the baby is more than 6 months old, and if you want to eat night milk, most of them are used to the baby, so it is good for adults and children to wean the baby at night.

However, it is not so easy to wean your baby at night, and the process of weaning needs to be gradual. In this regard, the baby can communicate with the baby at night, although the baby does not speak, but the baby also understands. Then you can also reduce the number of night milk for your baby one at a time, and slowly you may quit night milk completely.

Do not force the baby to wean off at night, the baby will be very resistant.

As your baby grows to a few months, he or she usually sleeps less during the day and more often, and he sleeps a lot longer at night. At this time, it is also most appropriate to wean your child at night, but when weaning your baby at night, you need to do it step by step, don't be afraid of trouble and do it in one step.

At six months, it is more appropriate to wean at night, because at this time the baby's gastrointestinal tract has been basically developed, you can appropriately increase the intake of complementary food, and you can properly feed some rice cereal or rice porridge and other foods before going to bed, and weaning at night should be carried out gradually.

Weaning at night: 6-7 months after weaning.

The baby can be weaned at 6-7 months, this is a gradual process, do not suddenly wean at night, which will cause unhappiness to the baby, and will affect appetite and growth and development. Under normal circumstances, at 2-3 months, the child's daily breastfeeding volume will change to six times, each breastfeeding is 120-150ml, the interval will be extended to hours, and the second half of the night can sleep for 5-6 hours. However, at 4-5 months, breastfeeding 5-6 times a day, 150-200ml each breastfeeding, can continue to sleep for 6-7 hours at night, especially in the second half of the night, and generally do not need to breastfeed again.

From 5-6 months, the daily breastfeeding volume becomes 4-5 times, and after falling asleep at night, only feed at most once, 200-250ml each time, at this time the child will sleep longer, you can sleep for 7-8 hours, basically even if you are weaned at night. Gradually, wait until 6-7 months later to increase the complementary food, can increase 1-2 times of complementary food, the amount of milk no longer increases, the number of breastfeeding 3-4 times, at this time there is no need to feed at night, the child at this time to gradually drink milk with a cup, no bottle, begin to cultivate to grasp food with hands, feed with a spoon, and the child can be very natural and successful weaning at the age of one.