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LESSON #2
BREAST FEEDING BASICS
What is the Recommended Duration for Breastfeeding?
It is recommended that healthy babies be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Exclusive breastfeeding means that the baby receives only breastmilk: no water, teas, formula or solid foods. Most babies are showing signs of readiness and have reached important developmental milestones needed for eating solids around the age of six months.
Babies have a store of iron in their bodies at birth. By six months of age their iron stores are getting low, so they need sources of iron in their diet (e.g. infant cereal).
It is also recommended that breastfeeding continue for up to 2 years or beyond since breastmilk continues to have nutritional value, immunological value and other benefits, for as long as breastfeeding continues.
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