Feeding Your Baby

Breast-feeding is no doubt important for the baby's health and development and 98% of the women are able to breast-feed.

Good Reasons for Breast feeding:

1. Breast-feeding protects your baby against serious infections of the ear and chest, as well as gastroenteritisdefine (vomiting and diarrhea).

2. It helps to reduce the risk of eczemadefine and asthma, especially if you have a family history of these conditions.

3. Children who were breast-feed for 8 months or longer have higher IQ score than those who had formula milk.

4. Breast-feeding will give you a chance to bond with the baby.

5. You can shed off your weight by breast-feeding as it will burn off any extra weight you have accumulated during pregnancy.

6. Breast-fed babies are less likely to be obese up to the age of 6 years.

7. Some studies suggest that breast-feeding your baby helps in giving protection against ovarian cancerdefine and breast cancer.