American Academy of Pediatrics goes so far as to recommend that your baby see no other food for the first six months other than breast milk. Does this mean that a mother who doesn’t breast-feed is somehow not doing the best for her baby? What you decide to do depends in the end on what you’re most comfortable with. The baby’s emotional and nutritional needs usually, are well-met no matter what method of baby feeding a mother chooses.
As far as breast-feeding is concerned, mother’s milk is so far an inimitable choice. As close to the original composition as the formula makers have come, the products you get at the stores are never as good as what nature can make. Breast milk contains the exact kind of vitamins, protein, fat and minerals that your newborn baby needs.
A woman also needs to keep away the baby stuff that may be lying around in the house. In extreme cases, some women take booties and shawls and they cuddle these day and night to bereave the loss. This may increase the mental depression and it can even lead to hallucinations where the woman sees a baby in the crib or on the bed. The wise decision is to store the baby stuff, give them out or take them back to the store. If the emotional situation is severe, the woman can join a support group. This will help her see that she is not the only person and that she needs to go on with life after the miscarriage.
No other kind of milk is an easily digested by your baby’s developing digestive system. Not to mention, a baby feeding on breast milk gets doses of antibodies against all kinds of diseases. A baby that is fed on breast milk is less likely to come down with allergies, cholesterol problems, diabetes and asthma and is less likely to end up overweight later in life.
