The dangers of weaning at four months

Breast milk is the best nutrition that a mother can give to her child and cannot be replaced by milk powder. However, many mothers nowadays are unwilling to breastfeed their children in order to maintain their breast shape. In fact, breastfeeding has great benefits for both the child and the mother herself. Mothers who do not breastfeed have a higher risk of breast cancer than mothers who breastfeed. For the health of your child and yourself, it is best to breastfeed. This article introduces the benefits of breastfeeding. Let’s take a look.

1. You should know that the main source of nutrition for babies during infancy is breast milk, which contains various trace elements for the growth and development of babies, and almost all antibodies against diseases.

2 If there is a nutritional deficiency, it will not only affect the baby's physical development (compared with children of the same age, the baby will be short and underweight), but also increase the risk of future diseases due to the lack of sufficient immune proteins provided by breast milk. Mothers, how can you make up for it in the future?

3 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that breastfeeding is best until 1-2 years old, and natural weaning is beneficial to both mother and baby.

Myth 1: Insufficient milk supply, direct weaning

Mom doesn’t have much milk to begin with, and it would be difficult to sustain it for 4-5 months. It would be better to wean the baby early and just feed him with milk powder.

That’s not right. If we don’t have enough milk, we need to adjust our emotions and body. We can’t use this as an excuse to give up breastfeeding. I have written articles on WeChat specifically about small breasts and insufficient milk. Mothers can identify themselves.

Myth 2: Rumor: Breast milk has no nutritional value after 6 months

A mother in the WeChat backstage said that the reason she weaned her baby was that her mother-in-law in her hometown said that after 6 months, the milk would become thin and lack nutrition, so it would be better not to feed her baby and just feed the milk powder directly!

Oh my god! This grandma is really... Actually, it is true that the protein content in breast milk has decreased, but the value of breast milk is more than just protein. Breast milk is the essence of a mother's nutrition and the crystallization of a healthy adult. You tell me that it has no nutritional value?