The Right Way to Wean Your Baby from Nighttime Breastfeeding

To the baby to wean the night milk can be through reducing the number of night milk, add complementary food, distraction and other ways, parents should have enough patience. 1. Reduce the number of night milk: to the baby weaned night milk is a gradual thing, you can gradually reduce the number of times to the baby to feed the night milk, so that the baby can gradually adapt to avoid excessive reaction. For example, the usual night feeding 5 times, can gradually become 4 times, 3 times, 2 times, until the night without breastfeeding. 2. Add complementary foods: Adding complementary foods to the baby properly before bedtime can keep the baby from being woken up by hunger during the night, and can also reduce the number of night feedings. A large amount of complementary food should be avoided to prevent the baby from having tummy bloating problem. 3. Distraction: When the baby wakes up at night, you can distract the baby by hugging and patting him/her so that he/she can fall asleep again. It should be reminded that parents should avoid breastfeeding immediately when the baby first wakes up. You can also wean your baby from night feeding by changing the feeding time. It should be reminded that parents need to be patient and not be too hasty in weaning their babies from night feeding.