Little Bao, who is over a year old, lost his temper because his mother refused to breastfeed him when he was not hungry. He not only cried and made a scene, but also pulled his mother's hair. No matter how the mother tried to reason or coax her, it was useless. In the end, she had to compromise, lifted her clothes, and let the child drink breast milk.
Xiao Bao, who had taken two sips of milk, put his hand through his mother's collar, grabbed her breasts, and proudly lifted his feet in her embrace. Mom asked him to concentrate on drinking milk and keep his hands and feet in place, but he didn't listen. After repeating several times, Mom could only shake her head helplessly.
Teacher's advice to mom
I walked over to my mother's side. Looking into my mother's eyes, I asked, "Do you want your child to drink milk in this way?" My mother replied, "No, I don't." I asked my mother, "What kind of milk drinking state do you want?" My mother replied, "I'm going to gradually weaning him. Now I only feed him when he's hungry, and I hope he can concentrate when drinking milk
I told my mom that you need to help the child practice together. I gave my mom three tips to practice at home:
1. Tell the baby every day that starting from next Monday, we can only breastfeed in the morning and evening.
2. Before the child drinks milk, tell him that her hands and feet need to be placed on herself. If a child engages in behaviors such as touching their breasts and crossing their thighs, they can place their hands and feet properly and tell them seriously that they want you to place your hands and feet on them.
3. Provide children with beautiful and delicious toddler food and fun parent-child games. When children have delicious alternatives and are not hungry, their mood will be much better. Cut off breastfeeding for the child at the scheduled time, and execute the agreement with both kindness and firmness.
Preview rules+execution+flexible solutions
Two weeks later, seeing this mother again, she held my hand happily and said, following my advice, the child naturally stopped breastfeeding on a regular basis, and now only has the morning meal. She is really focused when drinking milk and no longer plays with her mother's breasts.
With the changing attitudes of modern mothers towards breast milk, more and more parents are choosing to breastfeed their children until the age of 2, and some even up to 3. At the same time, the problem of children's lack of concentration and difficulty weaning while breastfeeding has stumped many mothers.
In fact, if we handle it skillfully and make children feel good, these issues can be easily adjusted. The three steps of "preview rules+execution+flexible solutions" can help children and parents enjoy breastfeeding time and easily weaned.
