Benefits of Breastfeeding
- Provides all essential energy and nutrients
- Protection against infectious diseases
- Decreases rates of infant mortality
- Decreases rates of other health outcomes
- Enhances cognitive development
- Enhances normal psychosocial behaviors
- Reduces risk of development of autoimmune diseases
- e.g. type 1 DM & allergic diseases later on life !!!
Breastfeeding Encouragement
- Please avoid adding formula feeding as much as possible !!
- Age of introduction of solid food at six months of age not at 4th. Months of age
- Iron & vitamin D supplements for breast-fed babies to prevent common diseases in our community e.g. rickets & IDA