Professionals advocate that babies be breast-fed for 6 to twelve months. The sole satisfactory alternative option to breast milk is child formula. Solid foods can be introduced when the baby is four to six months old, but a baby should drink breast milk or formula, not cow's milk, for a complete year. Cow's milk contains a different sort of protein than breast milk. This is good for calves, but human children can have problems digesting it. Bottle-fed children are fatter than breast-fed children, though not always fitter. Human milk contains at least a hundred ingredients not found in formula. No babies are sensitive to their mother's milk, though they might have a reaction to something the mum eats.
It's tougher work to get milk out of a breast than a bottle, and the exercise fortifies the jaws and inspires the expansion of straight, healthy teeth. The baby at the breast can also control the flow of milk by sucking and stopping. With a bottle, the baby must consistently suck or respond to the pressure of the nipple placed in the mouth. At first , a breast-fed baby will have to be fed 8-12 times in a twenty four hour period, particularly since both baby and ma are getting used to the method. Breast milk is faster digested than formula, which is one more reason why more frequent feeding is mandatory. A different reason for the continued suckling at the breast is to excite the breast glands to supply more milk for the baby's growing appetite. But the additional time expended feeding the baby that first year is definitely worth it as breast milk passes along the mother's immunities and delivers the highest-quality nourishment for a developing baby.
