03/08/2022
This 1st week of August is celebrated as World breast feeding week World wide .I'm here once more to talk on optimal breast feeding meaning breastfeeding up to 2years.
"my slogan is "
A breastfeeding community is a healthy community
*Some important Definition
1)Exclusive breastfeeding :it is when giving only breastmilk to the baby for the first 6months that is no foods and no liquid added.
2)Mix feeding:it is when you give both foods and breast milk to the baby from 0-6months of age
3 )complementory feeding :it means giving foods alongside breastmilk as from 6months and above .
All these mention above have both advantages and disadvantages but what we encourage all breastfeeding mother's to do is Exclusive breastfeeding and not mix feeding .
*Advantages of breastfeeding
1)Breast milk is cheap and Economical as we do not buy as compare to artificial milk.
2)Breast milk is always available and at the right temperature as compare to artificial feeding .
3)Breast milk remains the best foods for babies from 0-6months as it contain all the classes of foods nutrients thereby preventing malnutrition and wealso act as the 1st immunization for the baby since the colostrum is very rich in Vitamin A.
* On the part of the mother ,Exclusive breastfeeding helps the uterus to contract and goes back to it normal position. It also help to prevent post patum hemorriage and breast cancer,just to name a few I'm here to encourage all the mothers and future mothers to breastfeed their babies and build a healthy society .
