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Significance of Mothers Milk ( Breast Milk )

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Significance of mother’s milk for infants (0-2 years) Mother’s milk is the most precious gift to her newborn. Mother’s milk is complete milk for her growing child, rich in antibodies, antiviral properties acting protecting shield for new born and accelerating growth and development. WHO strongly recommends, exclusive breast feeding for first 6 months of life and continued with weaning for at least 1-1.5 years. Post-partum a special care has to be taken to ensure that the mothers produces milk from both quality and quantity aspect. Breast milk is considered to be the most sterile, purest and wholly balanced in nutrition for the tiny tot. A new mother’s diet should ensure that her nutritional requirements are enough to help her recover faster from post-partum, ensuring she is producing good quality food for her child, as her nutritional status determine the quality of milk she produces. Diet of nursing mother determines the physical and mental wellbeing of her child; the fact is establis...

How to improve quality of breast milk?

On the eve of celebrating breast feeding week, it is important to know the significance of lactating mother’s diet, which helps in incredible physical and mental growth of her new born. A well breast fed baby shows a remarkable pace at which he achieves his regular milestones. There is the list of foods, which facilitates the production of breast milk in mothers soon after the delivery. Breast milk being an integral for the baby’s survival should be exclusively the only source of nutrition from birth to first 6 months of life. Breast milk is considered to be the most sterile, purest and wholly balanced in nutrition for the tiny tot. A new mum should ensure that she keeps a close tab on her nutrition intake, as her nutritional status will determine the quality of milk she produces. Diet of a lactating mother determines the physical and mental wellbeing of her younger one. It works as a blessing for those mums, whose milk production for some reasons is inadequate for her new born. Bel...