BREAST FEEDING
(1st week of August is celeb rate as breast feeding week)

Dr. Rajiva Kumar
(Child Specialist)

Sept. - Oct., 2011

Nature has provided the best nutrients for the new born human being is “Breast Milk” and BREAST” is the feeding of infant or young child with Breast Milk Directly from female human breast. Breast Milk is economical, easy available all the times.

Breast milk made from nutrient in the mothers blood steam and bodily stores, Breast Milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water and protein that is needed for a babies growth and development.
Breast feeding is not only beneficial for the infants but also for mothers.

BENEFITS FOR THE INFANTS

Greater immune system and fewer infections: colostrums i.e milk created for new born in earlier stage contains antibodies immunoglobulin A” several anti infective factors such as bile salt, stimulated lipase, lacto-ferrin and others which develop immune system and protect from infection and that’s why breast feed baby having less respiratory tract, urinary tract infection and other infection in comprision to non breast feed baby.

PROTECTION FROM SIDS

The risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been halved in the children up to age of 1year which is on breast feeding. Read more...