Babies grow up and there comes a time when they are ready to start trying new foods in addition to breast milk. There are babies and children who show an enormous interest in food and in experimenting with new tastes, and there are others who show less interest in solid foods, or directly reject them. It is important to know that little or no interest in eating (or small amounts) in an infant one year old or older may be…
When we have talked about weaning before, we have tended to focus on babies over the age of one year old. In this blog post, we’re going to talk about weaning when babies are younger than a year old or even a few months or days old. As you know, you can consult in the LactApp app for further information about weaning at any age and situation, so that you will have all the information possible in your hands and…
Weaning is a star topic in the LactApp’s app, and that’s because it’s still a taboo topic. On the net you can find a lot of information about breastfeeding, especially the first months, but when we cross the barrier of the year, the information becomes scarce and often poor or unrealistic. It is important to start from the premise that we often only treat as ideal those weanings that are done naturally or very gradually, but let me tell…
That’s how I woke up the morning after the first weaning night. Just by applying pressure, without moving the hand, the milk flowed for a couple of minutes. We had been breastfeeding on demand for more than a year, and I felt it was my time to wean at night. Gael used to wake up every hour or two and was worth nothing but my breast to go back to sleep. My partner and I began to test everything:…
