Some mothers choose the option of feeding their children at infant stage with artificial feeds and infant formular; reasons for this are mainly of the cosmetic origin. Below are benefits of breast feeding your baby.
FOR INFANTS
*To provide d appropriate composition of nutrients with high bioavailability*It provides hormones that promote physiological development
*It improves cognitive development
*It promotes a variety of infections
*It may protect against some chronic diseases such as Type I Diabetes Mellitus and hypertension later in life
*It also prootects against food allergies
FOR MOTHERS
*It helps contracts the uterus*It helps in conserving Iron stores
*It may protect against breast and ovarian cancer
*It helps delay the return of normal ovulation; thus lengthening birth intervals
OTHER BENEFITS
*cost savings for medical treatment of childhood diseases*cost savings of needing to purchase infant formular
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