Abstract
This study aimed to gather the results of research on the factors that influence early weaning. It is an integrative literature review whose data collection and analysis were carried out from June to August 2020. When crossing the descriptors, a total of 3105 studies were performed, between the years 2015 and 2020, these they passed through a filter and were read manually, reaching a total of 26 articles. The main results of the articles were summarized in 3 (three) thematic categories for a better understanding of the proposed content: Factors related to birth, factors related to parents and External Factors. The variables involving the child were: physiological changes in the newborn and the child's refusal of the breast. Regarding parents, sociodemographic factors, maternal age and inefficient milk change were highlighted. Among the external variables, the return to work or study for the predominant. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen community actions, reorient health services, guidance to nursing mothers and in the formation and articulation of support networks for this practice in order to promote the results that can be promoted to the health of the mother-child.