The Importance of Breastfeeding
There are many benefits to breastfeeding for baby’s overall health and wellbeing. Breastfeeding promotes closeness between the mother and her baby. A baby nursing at the breast can focus on her mother’s face, allowing eye contact and visual communication between the two. The mother can give the baby her full attention by talking and singing to her as she nursers
Breastfeeding also helps develop a healthy gut. Infants are born without any helpful bacteria in their gut. After birth, these bacteria start to form in the gut. Breast milk contains more than 200 different sugar molecules that help protect newborn babies from certain bacteria by serving as a food source for gut bacteria.
0 Comments