How to excommunicate a baby from breastfeeding? When will the first periods come?

Breastfeeding, undoubtedly, is of great benefit for both the baby and for the mother. But once there comes a moment when it is time to stop breastfeeding.

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When you are forced to excommunicate a child from your chest

Undoubtedly, in life there are situations when excommunication baby from the chest caused by necessity:

mother's disease that prevents the continuation of feeding (acute infectious diseases, cancer, purulent mastitis, diabetes and others). The need to stop feeding in such cases is reported by the doctor
taking the mother of drugs not combined with breastfeeding
going to work
the need for a long departure

Important: all these reasons lead to the cessation of feeding sharply, which may turn out to be difficult for mom and child. If you learn about the imminent occurrence of such situations, prepare the child at that time.

When it came time to excommunicate from the chest

According to recommendations, it is necessary to breastfeed for up to 6 months. This is an age when physiologically is the need for this mother and child.

It is common that the baby needs breastfeeding up to 9 months. And after this age, this need is considered more psychological.

If your baby already eats from the common table, then breast milk is no longer a source of nutrition for him. The desire to suck breasts is caused, rather, by the habit and need to calm down.

Important: you are mom. No one except you should decide when this moment comes. Only you decide when you and your child are ready for this step. Confidence in your decision is the key to successful excommunication

How to stop breastfeeding?

There are two radically different methods of excommunication from the chest:

sharp excommunication
gradual excommunication

Sharp excommunication of the baby from the chest

A sharp excommunication is difficult to tolerate both by the mother and the child. If the child is still small (up to 9 months), then the problem is more likely to choose the right mixture that the baby’s body will perceive without difficulty. And the selection of the mixture is sometimes a difficult task. You can try many until you find a suitable for your baby. Having excommunicated abruptly from the chest and selecting the mixture, the child can be upset for many reasons:

no beloved mother's breast
make you drink an unusual mixture
the tummy hurts from the new food
stool disorders from new food

Important: do everything in your power to stop feeding finally at least when you pick up a good mixture for the baby

If the child is at the age when mom’s milk is only complacency and habit (usually from 1 year), then a sharp excommunication is a psychological barrier for the baby. The child already understands a lot, but to understand why yesterday he could calm down with his mother’s breasts in his mouth, and today he is told that it is impossible.

Important: by excommunication gradually, you will prepare the child and put the final point when the baby is ready

Gradual excommunication of the baby from the chest

The essence such excommunication from the chest is to reduce the amount of feeding graduallyand in the end take them to zero:

first, remove daytime feeding, which are not related to falling asleep or waking up. If the baby asks for the breast, distract him with toys, books, and other food. Tell me that if a child wants to eat, then you will give him cookies, for example. As a rule, such feedings are easily removed
the next remove daytime feeding after waking up. When the child wakes up, you should not lie near him so that he does not want to apply to his chest. It will be optimal if you are already preparing to eat a child by this moment. And after waking up, take the child to the kitchen
the following feedings are more difficult to remove - daytime feeding for falling asleep. Your goal is to find a way of laying sleep without a chest. It can be a reading of a book, a lullaby, a slight swaying. If any of the methods acts soothingly for the child, then continue in the same spirit. Every day the child will react more calmly and calmer on your undertaking
feeding before night sleep. In order for your child to learn to fall asleep at night without a chest, you must achieve from him an understanding that falling asleep and chest are two independent things. Feed the breast 30 minutes earlier than your shoulder sleep. Do not let your child fall asleep. Then do the ritual. You decide how it will be. But his meaning is that the child already understands that if, for example, you put your beloved Bear in a crib, it's time to sleep. The ritual should consist of several actions that you must repeat every day. When the child accepts your ritual, remove the feeding itself, replacing it if necessary, other food
night and morning feeding. This is the most difficult stage. When the child wakes up at night with crying and requires breasts, it is difficult to calm him down and explain that everything is fine and everything is nearby. To get started, try to give a little water instead of a chest. Perhaps the baby woke up with thirst. After that, take it in your arms and try to calm it with rimming, singing the song. If nothing comes out, give your chest. The next day, try new tactics. Ask other households to help you. It is worth choosing the one with whom the baby is most comfortable. Stay to sleep in your room so that the child sees that you are here, you are nearby. When the child wakes up, let his dad take the baby and try to calm him in one of the above methods. Let it say that mom is resting or sleeping. And that the baby is also time to sleep, like mom. So dad should get up to the child all night

Important: it is unlikely that you will succeed the first time. But you are persistent and practice each stage until the moment when the child will easily play according to your rules. You will notice that every day you will be easier and easier for you.

Cessation of breastfeeding on the advice of Dr. Komarovsky

According to Dr. Komarovsky, breastfeeding is necessarily up to 6 months and preferably up to 1 year. After a year, this is the exclusive right and desire of the mother, since the child’s needs is no longer for this.

The doctor offers his radical way to stop breastfeeding. If you firmly decide to stop breastfeeding, you need to leave the house for 2 days, leaving the child with your grandmother. After arrival home, your child will remember about the chest and demand her. And then your task is to survive for 2 hours. If in two hours you will not give the child a breast, then it means that breastfeeding is over. To stop the production of milk, the doctor recommends that the gynecologist prescribe drugs that suppress lactation.

Important: the doctor himself calls his method radial. However, the doctor does not tell how to act these two days to act.

What to do with the chest after excommunication from the baby?

If you have chosen a sharp excommunication from the chest, then the body will still produce milk. So the chest will be overflowed more and more. In order to prevent stagnation of milk, the problem needs to be solved.

The most optimal option is the adoption of drugs to stop lactation even before the chest is crowded. That is, take care of this in advance. There are many such drugs. See drugs to stop lactation.

IMPORTANT: Do not bandage your chest! It hurts, it can lead to stagnation of milk, it will ruin the shape of your chest.

The question is easier with the chest when you excommunicate the child gradually. The less often you give the child the breasts, the less milk is produced. When you remove all feeding, milk will “burn out”.

Important: nevertheless, follow the condition of the chest. If there is overflow - scatter a little to relief. If there is stagnation, take measures to prevent it.

She quit her breastfeeding. When will you appear menstruation?

Restoration of the menstrual cycle - The process is very individual. As a rule, the first menstruation does not come until the baby is completely on breastfeeding. As soon as the amount of feeding is reduced, the arrival of the first menstruation is approaching. Everyone happens differently. But when lactation is stopped, as a rule, they appear in a few weeks.

The rules for successful cessation of breastfeeding based on tips and reviews

Whatever method of excommunication from your chest you choose, there is important ruleswhich will help you to achieve result:

you must be sure of the decision. If you decide to excommunicate from the child’s chest, you should not retreat. A child will feel your uncertainty
be sure to pay more attention to the baby: hug, play together, carry it in your hands sometimes, kiss, say how you love him. For a child, excommunication from the breast should not be perceived as excommunication from the mother. Let him know that everyone still loves him
if at some stage of excommunication the child comes in hysterics and you can’t calm him down, stop for a while. No need to bring the child to the sentries tantrums, so as not to break the nervous system. Perhaps the child is not yet ready for this stage. Wash down and try it again
in the afternoon, offer any food to the baby. Explain that he eats already, like mom and dad, at the table in the kitchen. With this approach, the child will cease to associate the breasts with food
do not start excommunication from the chest when the child feels bad (whether it is a disease or teething), or a preventive vaccination on the nose
do not start breast excommunication if you change the situation around the baby (new place of residence, new nanny)