The Breast Feeding Advantage

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Ever since, I really love to see a mother breast feeding her child. Few days ago while me and my friend, who is a Pediatrician, is watching a television, her phone rung.  Her mom-client is asking if the claim of a certain brand of baby formula milk is really true. That, it can increase child’s IQ up to +7. My friend smiled and I lessen the volume of the television to give way to the mom, on her inquiry.

Breastfeeding is universally endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Medical Association (AMA), the American Dietetic Association (ADA), and the World Health Organization (WHO) as the best way of feeding infants, that breast milk is the best milk for babies.

Breast feeding is the most ideal way of providing young infants of the nutrients their young body needs for healthy growth and development.  Literally, all mothers has the capacity to breastfeed. They just need accurate information, and support of their family and the health care providers. Colostrum is the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy. It is recommended by WHO as the perfect food for the newborn babies because colustrum does not just contain all the nutrients the baby need but antibodies that can protect their young and fragile body from acute and chronic diseases as well. It is encouraged that feeding should be initiated within the first hour after birth. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age.

Breast feeding is usually advised because breastmilk provides the most suitable food for babies.  Breast milk generally provides the only nourishment needed by an infant for the first six months of life.  Human milk is perfectly designed to help your baby’s body and brain grow and develop. No baby formula milk can be made exactly the same as human milk because no one knows all the ingredients of human milk until now.

Commercial baby formula milks  is doing a good job of trying to duplicate the ingredients in breast milk but have not yet matched their exact combination and composition because some of breast milk’s more complex substances are too difficult to manufacture and some have not yet been identified.

Breast milk is the most complete form of nutrition for infants. It has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, digestive proteins, minerals, vitamins, and hormones that is needed for a baby’s growth and development. And, most babies find it easier to digest breastmilk than baby formula milk.

Baby formula milk is higher in protein content compared to breastmilk, but the protein found in breast milk has a higher digestibility and assimilation, and therefore less is required. Aside from that, breastmilk has a higher carbohydrate content compared to baby formula milk.

Moms, why waste your money buying the best baby formula milk for your precious child while the the excellent milk is free and easily available – your breast milk. Breastfeeding does not just nourish your child physically but the emotional bond between you and your child develops too.

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