Breastfeeding Facts. Health Benefits to Babies Who Breastfeed

Breastfeeding Facts. Health Benefits to Babies Who Breastfeed

Breastfeeding has healthy benefits. Sometimes, breastfeeding is not easy for moms. This video shows you how to breastfeed correctly.



*Children receive the most complete and optimal mix of nutrients & antibodies

*The varying composition of breastmilk keeps pace with the infant's individual growth and changing nutritional needs

*Have fewer incidences of vomiting and diarrhea in the US (20-35 million episodes of diarrhea occur in children under the age of 5, resulting in over 200,000 hospitalizations and 400-500 deaths in the U.S.)

*Protection against gastroenteritis, necrotizing entercolitis

*Reduced risk of chronic constipation, colic, and other stomach upsets

*Reduced risk of childhood diabetes

*Protection against ear infections, respiratory illnesses, pneumonia, bronchitis, kidney infections, septicemia (blood poisoning),

*Protection against allergies, asthma, eczema, and severity of allergic disease

*Reduced risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) Statistics reveal that for every 87 deaths from SIDS, only 3 are breastfed.

*Protection against meningitis, botulism, childhood lymphoma, crohn's disease and ulcerative entercolits

*Decreased risk of tooth decay (cavities)

*Nursing promotes facial structure development, enhanced speech, straighter teeth and enhances vision.

*Breastfed infants develop higher IQ's, and have improved brain and nervous system development; IQ advantage of 10-12 points studied at ages 8, 12, and 18. (Breastfeeding is considered the 4th trimester in brain growth and development...there are specific proteins in human milk that promote brain development))

*Reduced risk of heart disease later in life

*Increased bone density

*Breastfeeding plays an important role in the emotional and spiritual development of babies

*Breastfed babies enjoy a special warm bonding and emotional relationship with their mothers

*Antibody response to vaccines are higher

*Are hospitalized 10 times less than formula fed infants in the first year of life

*The colostrum (first milk) coats the GI tract, preventing harmful bacteria and allergy -triggering protein molecules from crossing into baby's blood

*Decreased risk for vitamin E and Iron deficiency anemia

*Decreased risk for acute appendicitis, rheumatoid arthritis, inguinal hernia, pyloric stenosis

*There are factors in human milk that destroy E coli, salmonella, shigella, streptococcus, pneumococcus....and many others

*Less risk of childhood obesity