Lately you have observed that the mothers of infants from your anganwadi are bottle feeding their infants with tinned milk after six months of age and delaying introduction of supplementary food . What advise would you give to these mothers? Discuss in detail.
Breastfeeding is the natural means of infant nutrition. The composition of mother’s milk is optimally suited to the needs of the infant. As long as the mother is taking a balanced diet, her milk gives her child all the important nutrients for growth and normal development. Mother’s milk is, generally speaking, hygienically unproblematic, at the right temperature, and practically always available. It contains not only nutrients, but also many immunologically active components with anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory properties. Breastfeeding lowers the risk of infectious disease. A meta-analysis of studies from industrialized countries revealed that children fed exclusively with formula suffer from acute otitis media twice as often as children who were nourished only on mother’s milk for three to six months. If 100 children are breast-fed rather than bottle-fed for six months, roughly 13 cases of acute otitis media are prevented (incidence, 27%) . The risk of acute gastroenteritis can be
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