Proper foods are very important for nutrition, living and physical growth of the infants. The great creator has arranged for feeding of only food from the human body for infants and that is breast milk of mother.
There are three determinants for good health, nutrition and living for the babies. These are safety, care and disease control, and breast milk of mother is a unique example of the combination of the three.
With the arrival of human child in the earth, food is getting prepared in the breast of every mother for her expected baby. When a newborn is taken in the breast of the mother immediately after the birth, the baby could quench his/her hunger and thirst. The milk that a child gets at first from the mother is colostrum.
Though the quantity of colostrum is less, it is adequate for limited capacity of the immature stomach of the newborns. This colostrum not only quenches the hunger and thirst of babies, it also provides various ingredients to the babies to keep them healthy. That’s why the colostrum is called the “first vaccine” of the life.
The babies are not only benefitted from breastfeeding, rather mothers, their families and overall the society are also benefitted from it. Breastfeeding also prevents five different diseases alongside providing necessary nutrition to the babies for the first six months. The babies remain freed from various diseases in their childhood due to breastfeeding.
