National breastfeeding Promotion Day, things you don't know

Experts remind, generally do not advocate the breast milk after freezing and then thawed for the baby to eat. The thawing process can cause damage to nutrients.

May 20 is the National Breastfeeding Promotion Day, the World Health Organization recommends that the baby breast feeding to 6 months old, but in daily life, we often see some "heroic mother" believe that the longer the feeding time, the baby's physical basis, the healthier the better. A paper in the British Medical Journal in 2001 found that not weaning 6 months ago would be harmful to babies. Children who were weaned less than 6 months ago may be more susceptible to food allergies, researchers say. There is also the possibility of irreversible psychological, action or psychosocial damage. When is the most scientifically-weaned child? For women working in the workplace, milk storage, the evening back milk home mother a few, this through suction, storage, frozen, overnight after the breast milk, its nutritional value and security will be reduced? With these questions, the Beijing News reporter interviewed industry experts and business people respectively.

1 when is weaning the most scientific?

No later than 2 years old

A 2001 paper in the British Medical Journal argues that weaning infants 6 months ago is harmful to babies.

Industry insiders pointed out that the "6 months ago There is no weaning will be harmful to the baby", the science has yet to be verified. "When children are weaned and differentiated in different countries, such as in developing countries, eating only breast milk may help prevent infection, but in developed countries it may be less important because of better health conditions," he said. "If a mother decides to wean herself off 6 months ago, it's best to consult a professional," said a head of infant and dairy companies to the Beijing News correspondent. ”

Dairy industry expert Dingmian in the Beijing News reporter interview, said that 6 months weaning more appropriate, weaning time can be increased on the basis of 6 months, such as 8 months, 10 months weaning. "In the past when there was no powdered milk as a substitute, many children in the family could reach one year of breastfeeding, but it would be unscientific to wean them off 6 months ago," he said. Breastfeeding in the United States reaches 90% and is more than half a year. "Dingmian said.

Harbin Medical Hospital affiliated five hospitals chief physician, state-level nursery teacher Tri Tianling said that the so-called weaning, is the baby from pure breast feeding, through the addition of milk, affordable complementary food, and gradually transition to safe food.

Tri Tianling told reporters that there is information that China's breastfeeding within 6 months of the baby, the growth curve is not less than the same age in developed countries children, but 6 months after the growth curve is significantly lower than developed countries, the reason, the most fundamental is the parents of the significance of timely weaning lack of sufficient understanding. It is generally believed that the best age for weaning is 8-12 months in town and the countryside can be extended to 12-18 months.

However, if the wet nurse constitution is poor, the usual lactation quantity is insufficient, may the appropriate early weaning, if the wet nurse physique is good, the lactation is still in exuberant condition or because the infant is sickly, the weaning is harmful to the infant health, may also defer the weaning time suitably, but may not be more than 2 years The specific time of weaning should be in spring or autumn.
"The Right Approach"

6 months from the gradual addition of milk, milk powder

Tri Tianling introduced, the correct method is in the 6th month after birth, in accordance with the principle of less than many, slowly progressive to choose to add nutrient-rich, digestible and affordable complementary food. First of all, add some milk, whole milk powder, milk milk and other substitutes.

And then provide different flavors of mashed food, mixed vegetables, porridge, etc., to the baby gradually accustomed to sucking liquid food, then add some minced meat, fish, fruit, rotten rice, biscuits and other semisolid and solid food, finally, the child fully adapted, completely weaning, transition to eat adult food. This method of gradual weaning, not only meet the needs of infant growth and development, but also let the child's digestion and psychological gradually adapt to the process, so that weaning in the absence of fear, worry about the smooth completion of the situation.

2 are stored milk nutrition safe?

Improper safety of preparing milk storage

In life, adhere to breastfeeding women in the workplace, to work for milk storage, the evening back milk home mother a few.

Working moms work out every day, trying to make time, or finding space to breastfeed, is almost a luxury. A large dairy enterprise consultant told the Beijing News reporter that mother should be as long as possible to extend breastfeeding time. In addition, the mother of the back milk must keep the container and the milk-sucking tools of cleaning and hygiene, the day out of the best milk of the day to drink.

Dairy expert Chen that breast milk is the most important of colostrum, the antibodies are important to ensure early immunity in infants, but the importance will decline as time progresses, in this sense, it is not the longer the breastfeeding time the better. For the mother to go to work to save milk, refrigeration, reheat feeding, personal feel is not scientific, may reduce the economic pressure to buy milk powder, but for the child's growth may not be beneficial.

"In fact, about the standard of infant milk powder in the past has been the idea that unlimited access to breast milk is a good formula is debatable, this view is premised on the premise that human evolution is perfect." In fact, today we know that many organs are superfluous, people stand up after many joints, organs have not evolved to a reasonable state; Besides, due to the influence of race and diet, some trace elements in breast milk may not meet the needs of baby's growth. So abandoning breastfeeding and overemphasis on breastfeeding are unscientific. "Chen said.

Dingmian says the nutrition of the milk is not affected too much, but if stored improperly, the safety will become worse. Therefore, after the breast milk suction, should be sealed as soon as possible to 4-5 degrees low temperature storage, need to drink, the general heating to 30 degrees to drink is better. But if the milk is absorbed for more than 2 days, once again to avoid the bacteria to reproduce, it is necessary to boil, so that nutrition will be destroyed, but relatively safe security.

"Even so, breast milk is more suitable for babies than substitutes like powdered milk, and breast milk and other substitutes are not comparable." Unless a few of the mammary gland dysfunctional mother, should try to choose to breastfeed. "Dingmian said.

"The Right Approach"

Store milk for the shortest time

Tri Tianling said that breast milk contains a wealth of immune factors, lactose protein, calcium and phosphorus and other nutrients, after extrusion of milk for a short period of cold storage or frozen to let the baby eat, it is possible. In general, it is not recommended that breast milk be frozen and then thawed for the baby to eat. The quality of frozen breast milk can not be guaranteed, and secondly, the process of breast milk thawing in theory, the amount of nutrients will be destroyed, and the longer the storage, the more nutrients lost. If you have to be forced to freeze the breast milk, but also in the shortest possible time to eat.

3 does mixed feeding allow children to resist breast milk?

Add formula milk starting from small amount

For the actual situation, the exhaustion of various methods can not guarantee the mother of the whole breastfeeding, how to mix feeding, to ensure that the child is nutritionally adequate and will not be increasingly resistant to breast milk?

Dingmian said children in the United States do not eat powdered milk until they are one year old and can drink infant formula milk instead of powdered milk after weaning. "Children can not be hundred-percent dependent on powdered milk, when the child three or four months, it can be rice noodles, coarse grains and other foods to provide to the baby, eat something to miscellaneous, nutritional diversity." "Dingmian said.

Tri Tianling to reporters that the principle of mixed-feeding formula is to start with a small amount, such as a 30 ml, and then observe the baby's reaction. If the baby does not fall asleep after eating or less than 1 hours to wake up, mouth to find nipples and even crying, indicating that he has not eaten enough, can be appropriate to increase the amount, such as a 50-60 ml. And so on, until the baby after the milk can be quiet or continue to sleep more than 1 hours.

In addition, a little moisture should be added appropriately. The baby needs a lot of water every day, each quantity of water is about half the amount of milk per meal: birth first week 30 ml; second week 45 ml; 1 months after 50-60 ml 3 ml 60-75 cc 4 ml 70-80 month 6 ml 8-12 months 100-120 ml. Water should be increased appropriately in summer. Cold, fever and vomiting or diarrhea dehydration should be more frequent drinking water.