Modern pediatricians support the opinion that a newborn child needs to be provided by all possible ways precisely natural feeding. Only in the event of a complete absence of breast milk in the prevailing woman (or health problems, viral diseases) can be used mixed or artificial feeding. In all other cases, pediatricians are fighting for the natural method of feeding a child, that is, exclusively breast milk at least up to 6 months.
The content of the article
The advantages of natural feeding
It is impossible to say that the meaning of natural feeding is only in food as such. The feeding of the baby breasts has an immeasurable psycho-emotional moment of adaptation to the world, the correct development of the nervous system, the formation of experience and the reaction of the kid to the world around.
Natural feeding is an absolute biological phenomenon, which is artificially fully replaced so far that failed to the end. Here are the main benefits of breastfeeding:
- in children who are on natural feeding, there is no development of excess weight, even in the case of a very active sucking of the baby and the very high calorie milk of the mother. The composition of nutrients in the milk woman has a property to adapt to the needs of the child, that is, the qualitative composition of milk is always satisfactory and suitable for the child, despite its quantity;
- in breast milk there are a large number of hormones, biologically active components that are able to influence the pace of development and growth of a child, which, of course, is also thought out by nature itself;
- milk also contains immunoglobulins, that is, the baby directly with milk gets powerful protection against parasites and viruses, pathogenic microflora, significantly reduces the risk of allergic, atopic reactions;
- breast milk prepares a gradually gastrointestinal tract of a child to the next, after milk, feeding, that is, the process of natural metabolization of nutrients occurs - adequate regulation of infant digestion;
- in a child with normal breast feeding with due frequency and a duration, a muscular apparatus is formed, which later helps in the proper formation of the skull, dental device, and later - with sound performance (speech);
- breastfeeding makes it possible to establish a close emotional connection with the mother, which is the basis of mental and mental development;
- only breast milk can provide the child's body with the necessary vitamins, trace elements, enzymes, proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the right amount. The uniqueness of the milk of a woman - in changing its composition, which corresponds to the growth rates of the child, his new needs in nutrients.
How to organize feeding process
There are approximately the same norms established by world pediatrics about the duration and frequency of feedings. Too focus on reference books is more superfluous, because every organism (and women, and child) is unique. The main thing is their relationship and the overall desire to feed and satisfy. Therefore, an individually selected chart of feedings and their duration cannot be customized under the norms. Natural feeding - The process is because natural, which is organized only between 2 people. And all the nuances are able to adjust the breastfeeding consultant or the local observing pediatrician (for example, what to drink for lactation, how to reduce hyperprints of milk, how to feed with cracks that have arisen, how to properly join and make sure that the child is fed).
It is recommended to feed the child only to breast milk without sampling with a mixture or dopping with water. It is not necessary to introduce juices, because the child receives a proper number of necessary trace elements (and iron, and calcium, and vitamin D, and liquids, and other substances) with Mother's milk. Make sure that the feeding process is adjusted, and the amount and caloric content of milk is sufficient, the monthly weighing from the pediatrician will help. If the weight is closed normally - the feeding process is adjacent.