Is it okay to wean your baby during summer?

　　Is it okay to wean your baby during summer?

　　As the baby grows older, breast milk alone can no longer meet the baby's development needs. Therefore, starting from 4 months, complementary foods should be added in a planned way. When the amount of complementary food increases to a certain level, continuing to breastfeed will affect the baby's ability to eat other foods. At this time, it is time to wean the baby.

　　You must prepare early for weaning your baby, gradually add complementary foods to your baby, reduce the frequency of breastfeeding, and finally stop breastfeeding completely.

　　Some mothers do not add complementary foods in advance and suddenly stop feeding when they want to wean. They even resort to coercive measures such as rubbing chili pepper on the nipples. As a result, the children cannot eat normally for a considerable period of time, which affects the children's physical and mental health. healthy。

　　The ideal time for weaning is when the baby is 10 to 12 months old. If it is hot summer, it can be postponed to the cool autumn season.

　　Because the climate in summer is hot and humid, suitable for bacterial growth and reproduction, children are extremely susceptible to diarrhea When there are infectious diseases of the digestive tract, it is not appropriate to wean children at this time.