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The Benefits Of Breast Feeding
from: Maxx Family LifeOnce you've given birth, breast feeding is the single most important procedure you can do to protect your baby and help to promote good health. Best of all, breast feeding is free.
In addition to saving you money on HMR (Human Milk Replacement), breast feeding also helps to keep your medical bills down. Babies who are fed with formula get sicker more often and more seriously than babies who are breast fed. They also have more ear infections, respiratory infections, and other problems.
This is often more true if your family has a history of allergies. When a baby is breast fed, the antibodies pass on from the mother to the baby, helping to protect against illness and allergies. As the baby's system matures, his body will begin to make it's own antibodies, and he'll be more equipped to handle sensitivities of food.
Sucking on the breast also helps the development or jaw alignment and the development of the cheekbone. For this reason, there's less of a 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 also offers many benefits for Mom as well. A baby sucking at her breast will cause contractions right after birth, leading to less bleeding for Mom, and helping her uterus to regain it's shape before pregnancy much faster.
Breast feeding also burns calories, so a Mom can lose weight much faster than if she feeds her baby with a bottle. Breast feeding will also create a special bond between mother and baby -- one thing formulas simply can't do.
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