The phrase
"biological norm" refers to what is considered typical or usual within the natural processes and characteristics of living organisms. It represents the standard or expected state for a particular biological attribute or behavior.
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James Akre is an author and commentator whose focus is on the sociocultural dimension of the universal
biological norm for nurturing and nourishing infants and young children, and on identifying pathways for ensuring that breastfeeding and breast - milk feeding are routine once more everywhere.
Although with «cultural breastfeeding» there may be no effects on a mother's fertility whatsoever, when a mother and infant participate in the
human biological norm or «ecological breastfeeding,» women remain in lactational amenorrhea (absence of periods due to unrestricted breastfeeding and constant proximity) and babies are spaced naturally.
It's
the biological norm, not weird.
People within these communities recognize this as
the biological norm.
It is
the biological norm.
But breastfeeding is
the biological norm even though bottle - feeding has become the norm in our culture.
It is
the biological norm for our toddlers to ask for a breastfeed when they are scared, upset or at the end of a tantrum and in need of comfort.
It's
the biological norm for infants to thrust things out of their mouths before they're old enough to eat.
It is
the biological norm for our babies to search for the breast when they are in need of comfort.
It is
the biological norm for babies to fall asleep while sucking at the breast, which is not a problem!
It is
the biological norm for babies to breastfeed for reasons that have nothing to do with hunger (many of them having to do with comfort).
Breastfeeding is
the biological norm, so nearly all breastfeeding struggles have a solution.
Let's be clear about what we are trying to promote, which should be
the biological norm, ie human milk for human babies, for it's nutritional, immunological and emotional consequences.
Our position on breastfeeding —
the biological norm — reflects that of the World Health Assembly: «As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health.Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond.»
We believe that many modern day parenting practices have been forgotten about
the biological norms of infants and children.
In fact, breastfeeding past toddlerhood is
the biological norm, and can be observed in some non-industrialized human societies.
Breast is not best but is in fact,
the biological norm.
I feel strongly that breastfeeding is
the biological norm and there are risks to the alternatives... HOWEVER I will not, and do not head over to the «other» pages to argue that they are judging me because they feel differently.
Breastfeeding is
the biological norm — humans are built to expect breastfeeding as a normal course of events after birth and delivery.
It is
the biological norm for babies to need frequent breastfeeds, 24/7.
It is
the biological norm for babies and toddlers to fall asleep at the breast.
While breastfeeding may be
the biological norm for us as mammals — our culture doesn't make it easy.
«Waking at night is
the biological norm, but I can see how this gets tiring after a year,» Fresso says.
Breastfeeding — like skin to skin — is expected to be
the biological norm, and thus the gold standard.
It is
the biological norm and this is what women have been doing since the beginning of time.
This is because it is
the biological norm for babies to fall asleep while eating, being held and when they feel safe.
You can not lump breastfed babies into the same category to compare long term overall health to formula fed children unless all breastfed children are fed exclusively for the same amount of time and breastfed to natural term (beyond babyhood) which is
the biological norm.
What is
the biological norm?
The biological norm is for children to breastfeed beyond babyhood.
This is why we have breasts... and why breastfeeding to sleep should not be seen as a habit that needs to be broken, but rather
the biological norm.
Breastfeeding to sleep is
the biological norm.
Risks of Not Breastfeeding: This document, published by ILCA in 2011, summarizes the evidence demonstrating breastfeeding as
the biological norm and affirms it as a public health priority.
Breastfeeding is
the biological norm but that doesn't mean it's always easy.
Breastfeeding is
the biological norm which means that human milk has evolved over millennia to be suitable for human infants.
It is
the biological norm for babies and toddlers to continue to wake frequently to breastfeed.
This is why it is
the biological norm for babies and toddlers to fall asleep while breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is
the biological norm, and giving formula is a medical intervention with repercussions for infant and adult health.