Suckling and nursing are synonyms. For other uses, see Nursing (disambiguation) and Suckling (disambiguation) Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts (i.e., via lactation ) rather than from a baby bottle or other container. Babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and swallow milk. It is recommended that mothers breastfeed for six months or more, without the addition of infant formula or solid food. After the addition of solid food, mothers are advised to continue breastfeeding for at least a year, and can continue for two years or more. Human breast milk is the healthiest form of milk for babies. There are few exceptions , such as when the mother is taking certain drugs or is infected with human T-lymphotropic virus , HIV if not taking ARVs, or has active untreated tuberculosis . Breastfeeding promotes health and helps to prevent disease. Artificial feeding is associated with more deaths from diarrhea in infants in both developing and developed countries . Experts agree that breastfeeding is beneficial, and have concerns about artificial formulas but there are conflicting views about how long exclusive breastfeeding remains beneficial. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) emphasize the value of breastfeeding for mothers as well as children. Both recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. The AAP recommends that this be followed by supplemented breastfeeding for at least one year, while WHO recommends that supplemented breastfeeding continue up to two years or more.
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my son 2 months and 6 days suffer from yellow color in skin and found conjcted probilin initilly 2.9 and after 2 weeks we found the spleen is large 7cm and the liver is large than normal.
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my baby is 12 hrs old n couldn't be breastfed, what can we do? will my baby survive? what to do? Please advice ASAP
Hi i m 26 years old, i had a baby 6 months ago I stoped breast feeding when my baby was 2 weeks old. Before i fell Pregnant my left nipple was always inverted for the past few years.. Once i fell pregnant it came out and stayed out during the...
My son is 4 months and 3 weeks old. At birth he suffered from Tachypnea, respiratory distress and laryngomalacia. He spent his first 12 days in the ICU. After he was became stable and was able to breast-feed...
7 month old infant has diarhoea. Has passed stools with bad odour 2 times since morning. His paed had prescribed diof earlier in a emergency list of drugs . another paediatrician friend of mine had advised to give Prowel dry syrup re-constituted....
my 9 week old baby has had a hoarse cry for about a week. he does not have a fever, is a happy baby in general. he does spit up after eating (breast-fed) but it doesn't seem to bother him. he is making other sounds... but they are not hoarse,...
My baby is 2 months and 2 weeks old and breastfed. She has been vomiting for past 4 days. She has low appetite and has been very sleepy and has lost 6 ounces over these past 4 days. She is making wet diapers every six hours and does not have fever...
Is it possible to be born without an achilles tendon? My ten month old grandson has never wanted to weight bear, and his feet are very 'floppy' - they can bend upwards to touch his XXXXXXX and we can't feel his achilles. He was also much slower...
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We have just started with solid foods for our kid. We are giving smashed vegetables, rice with dhal, fruits. She is still under mother's milk. My wife may have to join her office in a couple of months, so can...
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User : Hi, my two months old baby has not passed stool the entire day. Is this normal? When should i be more concerned?
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User : my babie has G.E.R.D shes taking cimeditine and I can smell the acid on her binkie and her breath, shes not sleeping at all and very restless, breatefed and bottle fed and throwing both...
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User : My 4 months old son was passing stool frequently after having food.... last tuesday we gave stool routine test and the result was mucus +1 and bacteria present.. so the doctor gave...
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User : my daughter is 7 months old and has a white spot on the right side of her tongue in her mouth. What is it?
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User : my wife have some swings this morning
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My baby is now 4months, i have been giving him breast feeding . Some times he cries a lot, i donot know the reason. Mt mother says baby has indigestion and i should not eat any thing which will cause gas in the baby. Is there anything i can give my child and make him not to cry
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can someone go on coma for a few mintues and come back out of it? can someone go on coma for a few mintues and come back out of it?
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my baby is 10 days old. her baby temperature is between 97 to 98.5 and along with that her stools are around 6 to 10 times a day Please let me know if there is any problem..........
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I am experiencing moderate bleeding after urinating, sometimes mucusing othertimes brown as blood . I am really concerned about my health as i have no insurance and i have to take care of my new bundle of joy. I am going to gym regularly and also i dont breast feed . also i have gotten my period twice in a month and they were heavy lasting about...
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is it safe to take via ananas in breast feeding and i have pallpitasion in my heart i have attacks of palpitation [tachycardia
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I have 14 months baby ,Ii do not feed him breast feeding , i give him lectogen-1 powder milk, but right now i have started to feed cow milk,but my baby is suffering i loose motion since before four days, please suggest me, i will be very thank full to you, azra farhan
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What does pus cells(0-3/hpf) and R.B.C.(0-3/hpf) mean in a baby s stool.?
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hi doctor i am sarada 27 years old..i got marrage 2 years back.........up to last month i have taken krimson 35 for family planning .........but now i want baby.....so last month i consulted doctor.she suggested me tab...fertyl 50mg and duphaton for 14 day from 14 to 26 day........is there chance to get pregnency????????? my periods are...
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hi,this is aman nd I am pregnent bt i do nt want baby nw so can i use femilon teblet or not ,thanks
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Hi i gave birth 8 weeks ago i am having a mucus discharge ever since i gave birth it looks similar to da plug and im not breast feeding is this normal
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