Sentences with phrase «breastfeeding my children for»

I believe in breastfeeding my children for the countless health benefits as well as the emotional benefits to both me and them.
i breastfed my children for quite a long time.
In fact, moms who choose to breastfeed their children for nine months or less were found to have three percent more bone than right after delivery.
Aim to breastfeed your child for six months then gradually introduce solid food while still breastfeeding.
And most of all, we want to help you to successfully breastfeed your children for as long as you are comfortable.
So the idea that a country would create a law to protect a mother's right to breastfeed her child for two years just makes me swoon.
I breastfed my children for a total of three years — adding them both together — so I had that experience of breastfeeding a child who is running around.
Canada's infant and young child nutrition policy recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed their children for the first six months of life and continue breastfeeding to two years while gradually adding high nutrient and energy dense complementary foods.
Though I breastfed my children for over a total of four years, it was hard to feel I was ever «winning» at it, thanks to my undersupply, and then oversupply, issues.
Others love it and want to continue to breastfeed their child for a long time.
The awesome qualities of our milk are present the entire time we breastfeed our children for.
Emergency situations are also one of the biggest reasons I highly recommend that Moms persists continue breastfeeding their child for as long as possible.
In many places around the world, women breastfeed their children for over two years.
Each year, each simulated woman had a possibility of giving birth, after which she had a possibility of breastfeeding her child for 0 — 18 months; each year, each simulated woman also had a probability of developing one of the five health conditions of interest or of dying (Fig. 1).
I'm very lucky to live in the society where all the young moms breastfed her children for 2 + years.
Oulis found that breastfeeding a child for more than 40 days may inhibit the development of nursing caries in children.
In 2007, the CDC reported that only 11.3 percent of new mothers exclusively breastfed their child for the first 6 months.
Mothers should breastfeed their children for a minimum of 12 months.
In Stupino, the success of the League's work is reflected in the high percentage of its course attendees (83 %) who breastfeed their children for more than one year, while 50 % continue to breastfeed for more than two years.
From a nutritional perspective we all have breastfed our children for the first year or two of life.
According to the British United Provident Association (BUPA), in predominantly Muslim countries, women are encouraged to breastfed their children for «approximately two years,» because breastfeeding, according to the Qu «ran, is viewed as a religious duty.
Lots and a lot of moms need to use bottles with their breastfed child for whatever reason - many because they're returning to work.
The majority of women had had at least one live birth, and of these, over 95 % had breastfed their children for at least one month.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding your child for the first year of life.
WHO advises mothers to breastfeed their children for two years, but it can be continued for an additional year or so.
I chose not to breastfeed my child for various reasons, but have never been against someone else making that decision.
You should take advice from a trusted friend or family member who breastfed their child for several months or more, or see a lactation consultant.
Most experts, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, suggest exclusively breastfeeding a child for at least six months before switching to formula.
One study indicates that breast cancer in the United States could decline by 25 % if all women would breastfeed their children for at least two years.
It is recommended that a woman breastfeed her child for at least 6 months, up to a year; this is to provide optimal immune support, vitamins, cognitive development, and nurture bonding.
The majority of women had had at least one live birth, and of these, over 95 % had breastfed their children for at least one month.
Following this leave, she requested permission to «telework» (i.e. work from home or an office closer to her home) fulltime so that she could continue to breastfeed her child for one year.

Not exact matches

«A child breastfeeding is a natural thing and a child needs to eat but to just have your other boob on display is just asking for unwanted attention,» one person wrote.
I have worn out my copies of The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth (Sears Parenting Library) and The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning, but this one was my Bible for my first baby.
I am all for a mother breastfeeding her baby discreetly, but for those who assume that there's nothing wrong with whipping out a breast to feed her child anywhere she wants, that I find just rude and patronizing to anyone around her.
But I do know that my grandfather once told me that when he was growing up around the 20s and 30s, it was natural for mothers to breastfeed their children in church.
Breastfeeding is the best a mother can do for her child.
We also advocate for this type of everyday activity (breastfeeding a child in public) to be so utterly normal as to never raise a single eyebrow!
These terms refer to the evolved nest for young children that matches up with their maturational schedules: soothing perinatal experiences, extensive infant - initiated breastfeeding, constant touch, caregiver responsiveness, free play, multiple adult caregivers and extensive positive social support.
When we breastfeed and watch our children thrive and grow on the milk our bodies made we are the ones who feel that these formula companies are trying everything possible for us to buy their products.
I agree with Meagan, because I read someplace that women with higher IQ are breastfeeding more than others so it might also be related with not neglecting their children and being more concerned for their welfare.
Julie from Julie's Health Club on the Chicago Tribune asks, «if it's OK for children to mimic bottle feeding a baby, why shouldn't they be encouraged to breastfeed a baby?
She continues to pursue the goal of redefining the human infant feeding norm as breastfeeding or breastmilk for all children.
I agree it makes more sense for the mother to stay home initially to facilitate breastfeeding, but there is no reason why FATHERS shouldn't be equally responsible for caring for small children at home.
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for formula telling me a happy feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you ever want to go out alone sometime...)
It is a two way street, but only for those that deserve the same respect they give a breastfeeding mom for the great thing she is doing for her child.
In Bangladesh, where infant formula isn't readily accessible, affordable or safe for most families, 98 percent of babies are breastfed and the average age of weaning is 33 months (source: WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding).
Exploring parenting philosophies, building a strong relationship between expectant parents, educating yourself about breastfeeding and learning about infant and child development are all a part of API's Prepare for Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting Principle.
That said, I am of the mind that breastfeeding, caring for one's own child and other matters of family and home are for the most part the responsibility of individual families and do not really require all this «support» many call for.
For me, none of us children were breastfed, I didn't even think i would do it, it didn't seem like something i wanted to do, but I am so thankful of the experience.
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