Not only because of the nutritional benefits that breast milk provides, but health authorities continue to call for breastfeeding to be an essential practice in the first stages of life.
It has been proven that breast milk contains vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and all the elements needed for a baby’s overall development, and is an irreplaceable source of food and nutrition.
Doctors therefore recommend it as an exclusive food for newborns under 6 months and in combination with adequate meals up to 2 years of age.
But beyond that, psychologists explain that when a mother breastfeeds her child, she develops a very special relationship of affection, support, stability and trust with the child, which is conducive to the child’s overall development.
Although breastfeeding is considered a very natural thing, it is an act of highest defense for children because breast milk is rich in immunoglobulins that can prevent diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, ear infections and asthma, because breast milk Can promote the development of the immune system. completely.
Doctors, psychologists and nutritionists insist that mothers must breastfeed, turning love into food.