Breastfeeding is something that is very important to me, and i have strong feelings when it comes to mothers nursing their children. Although there are alternatives to breastfeeding, nursing is important to children in more than just nutritional ways. A bond is created between a mother and child when the child is nursed. Children that are nursed are always held when they are fed and this reduces the possibility of choking or other things that can happen when young children are left alone with a bottle. And Nursing is much more healthy for the young child with all of the benefits that breastfeeding offers.
In other countries, even third world countries breastfeeding infants is much more common than it is here in the United States. There are several reasons for this. Some reasons for this are that it has always been common practice and it is more widely accepted, in poor countries there are no available alternatives to nursing your own children, and when children are breastfed there is less chance of infection and disease.
I will use the information i have learned in order to encourage other mothers to breastfeed their young children, and give them the necessary information to know the benefits of breastfeeding. I will also let them know that there is a great deal of help offered to assist mothers with breastfeeding. While i was nursing my children i was given some information that caused me to not continue nursing my children that i later found out that was not correct. I would have liked to continue nursing my children and am sorry that i listened to the sources that i did.
Some sources that were helpful while doing my research for this blog are:
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1405
http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
http://www.llli.org/
http://www.breastfeeding.com/
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=257&topic_id=1357
http://www.007b.com/public-breastfeeding-world.php
http://www.breastfeed.com/nursing-mothers-life/nursing-facts
When I was reading about breastfeeding I did not know that it had so much nutritional value for babies. It scares me to do it one day but I look forward to trying. I like the fact that you are going to ecourage other mothers to breastfeed. Good luck and I hope you succeed.
ReplyDeleteI remember thinking that there was no way I could ever breastfeed my children, I'm glad that I was persistent and was able to have that bond with my daughter.
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