The best way to keep newborns healthy is breastfeeding, but it's up to you to determine when breastfeeding should stop.
But when the appropriate time comes to stop your child and you may find it hard to do.
Try these ideas to stop breastfeeding.
Keep up the routine.
Baby gets to know the routine so don't change too many of the baby's routines all at once.
In other words, when it is time for feeding, give a bottle, but use the same room and chairs normally used.
This soothes the youngster and helps the transition to different ways of feeding.
Slowly and consistently lower the amount you feed per day.
Sometimes it is difficult to bring breastfeeding to a sudden stop.
Your child will not understand and will have trouble adapting.
If you have to deal with a youngster who is fussy, you are liable to surrender and go ahead and breastfeed.
So it's a good idea to slowly wean yourselves from breastfeeding rather than quit cold turkey.
To begin, cut out one daily feeding.
It may occur at any moment, daytime or nighttime.
In the event that the youngster is hungry at this moment, provide them with bottled infant formula or milk.
By this time, the child may want solid food as well.
Subsequently reduce the number of breast feedings per day, one at a time, once the baby is comfortable.
At some point, your child will no longer expect to be breastfed.
Keep aware of the breasts.
Your milk secretions may continue in large quantities, even if you stop breastfeeding in a phased manner.
Be careful to pay attention to your breasts during this transition period to avoid the risk of a possibly painful infection.
If you have, a pain in the chest, don't feed, rather take a shower.
When you are showering, the act of massaging your breasts will minimize lumps - but be gentle to avoid triggering the milk flow.
Gentle stroking under the faucet is vital as the action normally triggers seeping from the breasts.
Let it take its own course.
Sometimes babies will begin taking solid food instead of depending so much on mother's milk - they just transition easily.
When your child doesn't want to be breastfed any more, he or she will let you know.
Accept the dad's help as much as you can.
Since mothers tend to comfort crying babies most often they often will use breastfeeding as a way to soothe the baby.
Dad can handle some of the soothing duties if you don't need to breastfeed the child.
He should get up during the night and put the child back to sleep.
The baby will eventually be soothed by different things when it no longer gets breast milk each and every time it whimpers.
If the baby is not as attached to mom, it will be very easy when the time comes for breastfeeding to be stopped.