Breast milk is the most ideal food for a newborn. A few days after giving birth, colostrum is excreted from the mother's breast, even it contains a lot of immunizing antibodies. Breastfeeding is a natural and very important process that just needs to be adjusted and to which both mother and baby need to get used.
The importance of breastfeeding
The benefits of breast milk are many. First, it is a complete food, it contains all the vitamins, nutrients and fats that a child needs. Secondly, mother's milk is easily absorbed in the baby's stomach. Thirdly, breastfeeding is beneficial for the mother herself, as it helps to shrink the uterus to its normal size. On top of all this, breast milk is always available and free.
If possible, breastfeeding is a must. This process will ensure the correct development of the baby, establish emotional contact with him and positively affect the health of the mother.
During breastfeeding, a close and loving relationship is established between mom and baby, bringing both satisfaction. Such close contact must be established immediately after childbirth, when it is so important for a newborn to feel safe in a world unknown to him.
Research has proven that breast milk helps a baby develop intellectually. As they get older, breastfed babies do better on intelligence testing than artificially fed babies.
If a nursing mother suddenly becomes ill, antibodies begin to be produced in her body. Some leukocytes, once in the mammary gland, create protective antibodies there, which pass through the milk into the baby's body. These antibodies protect the newborn from many diseases.
Breastfeeding significantly reduces your baby's risk of diabetes at an older age. It also reduces the likelihood of obesity and hypertension later in life.
Artificial feeding
Manufacturers of artificial infant formula try to replicate the composition of breast milk in their product as much as possible. However, it has not yet been possible to fully approach the genius invention of nature. The mixtures lack the components contained in natural mother's milk, so some children develop allergies, neuropsychological disorders or digestive disorders.
In artificial mixtures, there are no regulatory peptides (human casein proteins) that a baby needs for proper development.
It is necessary to breastfeed the child as long as possible, up to 1-3 years. The transition to artificial feeding is carried out only in cases where breastfeeding is not possible.
