Training Little Drinking Milk from Glass

Contents:

Medical Video: Breastfeeding Month: Introducing Bottle

After stepping on 6 months, you can start introducing it to suction cups or toddler pacifiers (sippy cup) Babies who are given exclusive breastfeeding will find it easier to change to sippy cup compared to the bottle. To get started, give your baby a drinking exercise cup that has a handle on each side, or a glass sucked. Both types of bottles have a feature that serves to prevent fluid from spilling when your little one is experimenting with his motor functions to hold (and most likely, throwing) a glass.

When starting, fill in sippy cup with a little water and give it to your baby once a day. Show him how to direct sippy cup to his mouth and tilt the tip of the spout so the little one can drink. If your child doesn't want to drink from the sippy cup and only plays it from time to time, don't be disappointed. Most babies will be like this in the early stages of weaning. Be patient until your little one can suck the glass calmly without getting messy or [un throwing the bottle in all directions. When your child can hold the glass firmly, replace the water with breast milk or formula to get used to drinking milk from the glass.

Training your child to drink from a glass will improve hand-mouth coordination, and will prepare him for the weaning process. This generally starts when the baby is around 6 months old. It is important to remember, breast milk is the best source of nutrition for babies, at least until the age of 1 year. However, you will know that your child is ready to drink from a bottle if:

  • His attention was distracted while he was breastfeeding or drinking a bottle of pacifier
  • Play your nipples without sucking on the milk
  • Try to escape from your sling while breastfeeding

Weaning will certainly take time. Sometimes, your baby will take a long time, up to 6 months, to want to drink milk only from a glass. Even so, you can start the process and continue gradually, allowing your child's interest and will to guide you. You might find it easier to guide your child to change from your bottle or breast to sippy cup during the day. When he starts to get along, do the same thing in the morning.

Breastfeeding at nighttime may be the last stage, where your child will find it hard to turn to his sippy cup because he is already very familiar with the comfortable and calm conditions while feeding at night. While he slept at night and did not wake up starving, he did not need additional food from breast milk or bottled milk. You can start changing your child's habits at this time. For starters, exchange the contents of the bottle with water, which was previously milk, and then gradually replace the bottle with sippy cup.

During this process, you might be thinking of still filling the bottle with milk to help your child sleep well, but don't do this. If he falls asleep while feeding the bottle, the remaining milk will settle in his teeth and can cause decay in the teeth that will grow. This condition is called baby bottle tooth decayor toddler caries. In addition, breastfeeding while lying on your back is at risk of causing middle ear infections, because the fluid will flow through the Eustachian tube to the middle ear.

Another disadvantage in prolonged bottle feeding is that the bottle will be the reason and habit for the little one to continue to "drop" for more than one year. To avoid this, do not let your child carry or drink from a bottle while playing. Limit the use of pacifier bottles only when he is sitting or held. At other times, give it sippy cup. If you don't allow your child to carry a bottle with him, he will begin to realize that the bottle is only for breastfeeding, not as a playmate.

Don't be fickle and easy to melt. Be consistent with the decisions you have made or your child will be confused and continue to whine asking for a bottle after a long time he is steady using a glass.

Training Little Drinking Milk from Glass
Rated 5/5 based on 875 reviews
💖 show ads