Sentences with phrase «wean my child off»

We'll be needing a healthy «treat» to wean the children off the Christmas sugar high!

Here are some tips to make it easier to wean your child off of their pacifier:

If it does, your doctor may recommend weaning your child off the diet after 2 years of seizure control.

«Every time I weaned a child off breastfeeding, it always sent me downhill for a couple months into a horrible depression.

Putting aside concerns about the safety of these additives (and some experts are concerned), artificial sweeteners do nothing to wean children off the sugary food and beverage habit — and may even heighten a desire for sweet tastes given that artificial sweeteners are actually sweeter than sugar.

By stage three, many mothers begin weaning their child off of breast milk.

Some parents swear by cold turkey, while others have gradually weaned their children off pacifiers.

After all, even the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) isn't that firm, instead recommending that parents wean their children off the bottle completely by 15 to 18 months of age.

This is great for when the time comes to wean your child off the nipple on onto a sippy cup.

This also makes the transition from breast milk to formula easier for parents who want to wean their child off of breast milk all together.

Families can use similar strategies to wean children off their pacifier.

It's not selfish to wean a child off the breast before they are ready.

I worked with a family who weaned their child off of nursing but did not see much change in the child's sleep patterns.

For moms who have decided to wean your child off breastfeeding, here are some tips that I used to wean my two toddlers that might be helpful.

The first step is to wean your child off of being fed and encourage self - feeding.

Here's what you need to know about the changes to your breastfeeding kiddo past their first year if you don't wean your child off the boob by 1 year and 1 day.

How will I then wean my child off of the back rub, lying down with them or singing to them?

As I've written here many times before, I've come to believe that the only way we can wean children off highly processed and fast food is by not only teaching them why such foods are detrimental to their health but also teaching them how to prepare healthy food at home.

It's best to wean your child off the binky as they get older by only allowing them to have it during naps.

But most pediatricians recommend that parents start weaning their child off the bottle at around 12 months, for a host of reasons.

It's something that mothers adore doing and are saddened when it is time to wean their children off milk and onto solid food.

It is hard to wean children off picture books when pictures have played a major part throughout their formative reading experiences, and when there is competition for their attention from so many other sources of entertainment.

Not exact matches

Ryan was soon weaned off dialysis and survived for more than four years, a time in which he was a generally happy, if sickly, child who liked to give «high fives.»

You can't expect your little one to know everything about the weaning process without some assistance, and although baby led weaning is very hands - off in comparison to parent - led weaning, you'll still need to be there to help guide your child and keep a close eye on every meal to make sure things go smoothly.

Weaning older babies has its own advantages as you can easily skip getting the child off the bottle entirely.

The decision about when to wean off your child from breastfeeding is very personal, and you should take into account your own commitments.

You can decide to wean off the breast completely or keep on breastfeeding long after your child starts solid foods.

There is such a rush these days to get children sleeping through the night, weaned off the breast, eating solid foods, potty trained, reading independently, and on and on, that we seem to have lost the ability to simply enjoy life as it happens and let our children do the same.

Weaning a baby off formula to milk requires your child's stomach and digestive system to be able to handle either cow's milk or soy milk first, so it's always important to wait until your baby is developmentally ready for this change in his or her diet.

Weaning your baby off formula is a big step toward ensuring your child grows up healthy and strong.

Weaning baby off breast milk to whole milk is something that tends to happen at different times for different children and families.

in my religion it says you should nurse a chld till 2 years of age but i weaned mine at such young ages started pureed food at 4 months and 5 months normal food squashed a little and are both very healthy my advice is to do what you think is best for your child as every childis diffrent and you know thee needs better than any one i would calmly talk to my husband and explain the matter and that every one should back off in a way that will not cause a problem with the relitionship

By this time, Gabriel had weaned (never a comfort nurser, he was pretty put off by my lack of milk during pregnancy and only nursed occasionally after Lily was born and my milk returned), so I never really experienced tandem nursing in the true multiple - feedings per day for both children sense of the word.

This is a great campaign — my sister and I have a baby led weaning website http://www.minimunchclub.com and recently reviewed the sugar smart app — were you aware that last Friday Public Health England pulled all baby foods off the sugar smart app as parents were shocked to find the levels of sugar they were giving their children.

Our children will most certainly need less and less carrying as they get older, but before they wean off their naps, the carrier will continue to make it a lot more comfortable and convenient for the parent when the child needs to be carried especially when you are traveling or are out shopping.

We just weaned our youngest son off bottles, but this is the sort of product that might make me (a baby - gear junkie) consider having another child just because it's that awesome.

As far as the «how» of weaning the toddler off the paci, I have heard lots of stories of different ways that parents have helped their child say bye - bye to the sucky.

It is important that once a child is weaned off of bottles and pacifiers that they are removed from sight.

Once you know your limits with your child's food you are free to try a number of awesome breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that will be easy to wean them off liquids and onto solids!

Experts shed light on the most effective medications for specific disorders, as well as how to know if your child is getting the right dose and how and when children should be weaning off medication.

But if your child shows no sign of quitting, eventually you may need to help wean him off the pacifier when he's about 3 or 4.

Your child will soon be enjoying yummy meals with the whole family when you learn how to wean a baby off the breast successfully!

Grown - ass men do not therefore assume they are off the hook for middle - of - the - night wake - ups or unexplained screaming fits until the child is weaned.

Your child will still end up weaned in the end, even if this is not necessarily the best way to wean baby off breast.

Because the hard truth is this: if we really intend to wean an entire generation of children off school food «carnival fare» (nachos, nuggets, burgers and fries) and introduce them to fresher, healthier entrees, we are, without question, going to lose some kids along the way.

There is no pressure to finish off a jar of baby food, and early research is showing baby - led weaning may result in less childhood obesity as the child learns to self - regulate — that is, once he's full, he stops eating.

Some Tory insiders admit privately that the candidates as a whole are «Thatcher's children» rather than a fresh - faced crop of modernisers who have long since been weaned off the pure milk of Thatcherism.

Manish Arora from the University of Sydney in Australia and colleagues discovered that levels of barium in tooth enamel rise while a child is breastfed but drop off when they are weaned.