Newly made parents try to spend as much time as possible with their baby. Over time, the child grows up, begins to weigh more and his constant presence in his arms turns into a problem. But a child accustomed to this will not just give up the parental embrace. How to painlessly wean a baby from asking for arms?
Timely problem solving
Babies can reach for their hands not just out of boredom, but because they have something hurting, for example, a tummy or teeth, because they are cold, scared. It is important to understand that there is some kind of irritant and eliminate it in time, and not ignore the child, trying to wean him off his hands.
Distraction
When the baby pulls his arms, thus asking his mother to embrace, you can distract him with a bright and interesting toy, or sit down and start rolling the ball. Thus, the child will forget that he wanted to sit in his arms, and after a while, if he repeats this tricky technique, he will completely wean himself to sit on his arms. It is important to show the child that in addition to parental hands, there are many interesting and exciting things in the world.
Switching to other relatives
When a child constantly sits in his arms, it is exhausting. In order to be able to relax, you can connect grandmothers, grandfathers, a second parent to the business. Thus, the child's attachment to the same hands will weaken and he will gradually cease to depend on them.
Creation of rituals
If a child, for example, cannot sleep without his mother's hands, or cannot eat while sitting on his chair, but asks to kneel, then this is tiring. Special rituals can help wean a child from this bad habit. For example, going to bed with reading a book, or with a special toy-hug, food from beautiful children's dishes in the company of a teddy bear.
Involvement in adult affairs
If the child is already large, but is still sitting in his arms, it can help to get off the arms of adults. Every child in his dreams strives to become an adult as soon as possible, so he will gladly accept the rules of the game. And the rules may be as follows: riding in transport is not on the arms of the mother, but as an adult, sitting in his place at the window; self-cleaning teeth and combing hair; self dressing. Having done all this, the baby will think, does he really need to sit in his arms, or is he already old enough for this and he has many other interesting things to do?
