Breast milk is the only food or drink your baby
needs for the first 6 months. Health Canada recommends breastfeeding your baby
until he/she is at least 2 years of age.
Why should you breastfeed your Baby?
Why should you breastfeed your Baby?
·
Breast milk
is good for babies: It is the safest and healthiest food for babies.
·
It is easy
for your baby to digest.
·
Breast milk
and breastfeeding may help your baby's development physical, emotional and intellectual.
·
Breastfed
babies have fewer infections, such as pneumonia, ear infections and diarrhea,
than babies who are not breastfed.
·
Breastfed
babies are less likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
·
Breastfed
babies have fewer illnesses and visits to the doctor or hospital.
·
Breast milk may
help prevent diabetes, leukemia (a type of cancer), and adolescent and adult
obesity.
Breastfeeding is good for Mom:
·
It helps
mothers bond with their babies.
·
It helps
with healing after the baby's birth.
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It may help
mothers return to their pre-pregnancy weight.
·
It decreases
a mother's risk of breast cancer, and it may also decrease the risk of ovarian
cancer and diabetes.
Babies should be breastfed or offered breast milk
soon after birth within the first hour if possible. The first milk is called
colostrum, and it is perfect for your baby. It gives your baby important early
nutrition and protection from infection.
Breastfeed when your baby shows signs of hunger.
Keeping your newborn close and providing skin-to-skin contact will help with
breastfeeding, bonding, and adjusting to the new environment. It will also help
your baby's development.
One of our most popular videos features BC families talking about breastfeeding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSbr6OPk_E&list=TLFFDKobsvhmo
One of our most popular videos features BC families talking about breastfeeding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSbr6OPk_E&list=TLFFDKobsvhmo
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