Why Breast Feeding Is Really Important

After you’ve given birth, breast feeding is the most crucial thing you need to do in order to protect your baby and it

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help to encourage good health.  Best of all, breast feeding is completely free and you don’t need to pay anything.

Breast feeding can also help to keep your medical bills down.  Babies that are fed with formula milk get sicker more often compare with babies that are breast fed.

This can be even more true if your family has had a history of allergies.  When a baby is breast fed, the antibodies pass on from the mother to the baby, helping to protect against any illness and allergies.  As the baby’s system matures, his body will be able to make it’s own antibodies, and he’ll be more equipped to handle sensitivities of food.

Sucking on the breast will also help with the development or jaw alignment and the development of the cheekbone.  For this very reason, there is less of the need for costly orthodontic work when the child gets older.

Unlike formula, breast milk is always ready, always available, convenient, and always the right temperature for feeding.  Plus, it contains all of the vitamins and minerals your growing baby needs, saving you a lot of money.

Breast feeding not only beneficial to baby only it also offers many benefits for the mom as well.  The baby sucking at the breast will cause contractions right after birth, leading to less bleeding for the mom, and helping her uterus to it’s
shape before pregnancy much faster.

Breast feeding will also help to burn calories, so a mom can lose weight much faster than if she fed her baby with
a bottle.  Breast feeding will also create a special bond with the mother and the baby which is one thing formula simpy cannot do.