Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-10-01 | Page 10 | Weaning Should be Accomplished by Ninth Month

WEANING SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED l BY NINTH MONTI MONr i B By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Weaning the baby is a troublesome troublesome troublesome trouble trouble- some step for mothers who have nursing the baby for man many long months The They hesitate to change what seems like Jute such a convenient convenient con con- and beneficial type typo of feedIng feeding feeding feed- feed Ing to one with which they are unfamiliar But numerous as asare arc the benefits of breast feeding it can be over over- done When the baby has hns reached an age when his wakefulness at night his increased demands to be nursed his his' stationary weight and his unhappiness all point to the need for change it is a real mistake for the mother to deal with each problem separately instead of recognizing recognizing recognizing them all as signals to wean The ninth month has been for many many years considered the end of the tho breast breastfeeding feeding period But there are arc still stin mothers under the influence influence ence of older generations and traditional traditional traditional tra tra- customs who continue to nurse their babies too lon long Weaning Weaning Wean Wean- ing may be necessary earlier but usually the tho mother with a generous supply of milk can nourish the baby adequately for nine months Beyond that such nourishment Is extremely questionable Our leaflet How to Wean Vean the Fed Breast-Fed will help the mother to take this step most comfortably comfortably com corn for herself and the thc baby She may have the leaflet for lor a 3 cent self-addressed self envelope sent to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the Your Baby and Mine department of this newspaper There are other reasons In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to the vital one of ot nourishment which should inspire the mother to tomaKe tomake tomake make this change Each step of the baby's physical development Is matched by a psychological pay pay- psychological step The baby must be weaned not only from rom nutrition furnished fur fur- by the mother but from I emotional dependency upon her No nursing mother needs to be told that the baby becomes so habited to the act of nursing that a bottle feeding becomes abhorrent to him He doesn't want a bottle he wants tobe tobe to tobe be nursed and the thc longer this habit continues the stronger becomes his attachment to this union with his mother not the nourishment desired from her Obviously he ho cant can't grow up he cant can't be freed of his dependence which means so much to his future behavior and happiness so long as 1 f. f the tho mother continues to nurse h If It mothers will realize that t tl have done their whole duty bYl byj child in III all nil ways when they n nu him for nine months they wills better satisfied to take that which will mean better for the child chUd and liberty for h become a really independent