BREAST FEEDING

                                                                            BREAST FEEDING

Breast feeding mother

Breast feeding is one of the most important aspect in the child`s growing .It is referred to as feeding of the baby on milk from her mother`s breast. It has been proved by doctors and scientists that breast feeding is vital on a child`s health. The mothers are advised to breast feed their children up 6monthsto 2 years without giving him any other thing besides breast milk, doctors encourage the mother breast feed their children as often as the child wants day and night at least 8times in 24 hours,  without the baby being fed on any foods or fluids .Those babies who are between 4to 6 months appear hungry after breast feeding or when not gaining enough weight you can give her complementary foods for like 1or2 times a day after breast feeding. When the baby reaches the age of 6months you can start giving her some foods such as porridge made out of soya flour or millet, you can add in a little sugar and some milk. Y

You also give her mashed foods like Matooke, Irish potatoes, vegetables, or snacks like eggs or bread at least 3times a day.

By 12 months to 2years you can still serve her mashed foods and also porridge. By two years or older than that , parents are free introduce the baby to family foods ,in other words whatever the mother  the baby can eat it as well. Although  in some cases the babies when they are introduced to new meals besides breast feeding ,the sometimes gets some diarrhea but mothers are always advised to carryout persistent breast feeding .parents are always advised by doctors to always breast feed their child for something like 2years though most parents tend to make themselves busy that they do not time waste breast feeding, they decide to leave babies to maids or house girls to bottle feed them which is dangerous to the child`s healthy. This clearly show it out because those maids can even serve the baby in unclean utensils which will affect the child`s health.

Most of the professional jobs provide maternity leaves for pregnant mothers ,but some mothers do not even use that chance to breast feed their children for months fully and after the leave to breast feed them at night ,but instead they just bottle feed the baby without even testing her mother`s breast which is very bad.

For the case of youths, its quiet nonsense because for them they do not want to breast feed claiming that their breasts will become like stockings. Nevertheless, that is a stupid argument because every mother in the world is recommended to breast feed her baby except those mothers who are HIV positive and those who lack breast milk.

This humble appeal goes to the mothers to breast feed their children because it brings up a health and admirable child in the community. And such humble children are and can be loved by any one or every one within that society