DO you know that breastfeeding is one of the most effective strategies to improve child survival?
In fact, breastmilk is the most complete food for babies in their six months of life. It is likewise nutritionally superior to infant formula, is clean, safe, easily digested and absorbed by the baby.
Breastfeeding, on the other hand, offers many benefits for both mother and baby such as promoting emotional bonding that fosters a close and loving relationship between mother and baby. Studies have likewise shown that breastfeeding lowers the risk of breast cancer in women. When the baby reaches the age of six months, however, breastmilk must be complemented by appropriate foods to meet the baby’s increasing nutritional needs to be healthy.
Though we have gone much headway to progress, the best way to baby’s perfect health still means going back to basics. Breastfeeding plus complementary foods after six months-the old formula adapted by our grandparents even before we were born.# (Adapted, Tawid News Team)
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