From Birth 6 months, Baby should be exclusively breastfed as this comes with endless benefits both to the newborn and the mother.
Breast milk provides ideal nutrition for babies.

Benefits to the Baby

  1. Breast milk contains all the nutrients a baby needs and in all the right proportions. It is amazing how even the composition of the milk changes according to the baby’s changing needs, especially during the first 30 days of life. Immediately after birth, the breasts produces a thick yellowish fluid known as Colostrum which is high in protein, low in sugar truly wonder working food that cannot be matched by any other.The colostrum helps the newborn’s-digestive system develop.
  2. Breast milk contains important antibodies that will help your baby fight off disease causing organisms like bacteria and viruses and infections such as diarrhea and pneumonia
  3. Breastfeeding may reduce disease risk such as sinus infections,respiratory tract and gastrointestinal illnesses
  4. Breastfeeding is associated with reduced risk of developing diabetes and obesity in children.
  5. Breast milk promoted health baby weight and helps prevent childhood obesity.
  6. Breast feeding assists babies to regulate their milk intake thus stopping once satisfied and help them develop healthy eating habits.
  7. Breastfeeding helps in general brain development.

Benefits to the Mother

1.Breastfeeding may help you lose weight as it burns more calories.

  1. Breastfeeding will help your Uterus contact a process known as involution and return to its normal size.
  2. Breatfeeding reduces bleeding that occurs after child delivery.
  3. Breastfeeding helps you to bond with the new one.

5.Breastfeeding reduces risks of depression.

  1. Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
  2. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of high blood pressure,arthritis,diabetes, and heart disease.