| You may have been told by a friend or medical | | | | When your baby sucks on your breast this helps |
| professional that breastfeeding is better than | | | | with the development their jaw alignment and the |
| bottle feeding and just accepted the statement at | | | | development of their cheekbone. Obviously this |
| face value. You should understand just how much | | | | means that there is likely to be a requirement for |
| better it is for both you and your baby as initially | | | | orthodontic work for your child when he or she is |
| breastfeeding is hard work and can be very tiring. | | | | older. |
| Without proper understanding of the real benefits | | | | Breast milk is really an amazing substance. It |
| you may be tempted to give up nursing your child | | | | contains exactly the right amounts of vitamins |
| quite quickly when your baby could receive a real | | | | and minerals that your growing baby needs and |
| helping hand by you continuing. | | | | unlike formula, breast milk is always ready, always |
| Research has shown that babies fed on HMR | | | | available, convenient, and always the right |
| (Human Milk Replacement) formula are generally | | | | temperature for feeding. |
| sicker more often and more seriously than those | | | | You'll be glad to know that choosing to breastfeed |
| children that are breast fed. They have also been | | | | your baby will also offer a number of benefits to |
| found to suffer more from ear and respiratory | | | | you as well. Your baby sucking at your breast will |
| infections. This can be especially true if your | | | | cause contractions right after birth which should |
| family has a history of allergies as when you | | | | mean less bleeding for you and this will also help |
| breastfeed your baby antibodies are passed on | | | | your uterus regain its shape more quickly. |
| through your breast milk which help to protect | | | | Most moms are anxious to lose the extra weight |
| against illness and allergies. Initially your newborn | | | | gained during pregnancy as quickly as possible. |
| child is incapable of producing his or her own | | | | Breastfeeding actually burns calories so you'll be |
| antibodies which is one of the reasons that | | | | delighted to hear that you should lose weight |
| breastfeeding early on is absolutely crucial. | | | | much faster than if you feed your baby with |
| An added bonus of breastfeeding is that this will | | | | formula. |
| help keep your bills down. To start with you won't | | | | Breast feeding will also create a special bond |
| need to buy formula and due to the increased | | | | between you and your baby - which is onething |
| health of your child you should be able to avoid | | | | formula simply cannot do. |
| expensive medical bills. | | | | |