Talking About (Blush) Breast-Feeding
It’s getting easier to talk about what breasts are actually for, but not much. They’re for feeding infants and it’s important to breast-feed newborns all the way through the first year and maybe more, because
It’s getting easier to talk about what breasts are actually for, but not much. They’re for feeding infants and it’s important to breast-feed newborns all the way through the first year and maybe more, because
(Washington Post) a comprehensive analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) own Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of multiple studies on breast-feeding, generally found it was associated with fewer ear and gastrointestinal infections, as well as lower rates of diabetes, leukemia, obesity, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome.
Whoa. Ear infections are the nemesis of parenthood and intestinal infections are definitely not fun. But diabetes, leukemia, obesity, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome are not problems, they're family disaster…