If anything a breastfed baby should
receive more breast milk!
A recent study from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that preemies who
received more breast milk in their first 28 days of life had greater brain development at their intended due date and were more cognitively advanced at age seven than babies who did not receive as much or any breast milk.
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Research has shown that babies who do not
receive breast milk are
more likely to be admitted to hospital for diarrhoea and respiratory illness and to develop eczema, wheeze and have an increased incidence of juvenile onset diabetes.
Babies who
receive no
breast milk are almost six times
more likely to die by the age of one month than those who are partially or fully breastfed.
The biggest problem with this isn't just the impairment of the mother - child bond that comes with breastfeeding, but
breast milk is the very best form of nutrition any baby can
receive, and premature infants may stand to benefit from it even
more.
A prospective longitudinal study of 107 healthy infant and woman pairs demonstrated that at 30 days, infants who were breastfed to obtain 75 % or
more of their daily
milk intake
received a mean (SD) of 27.7 % (15.2 %) of the bacteria from
breast milk and 10.3 % (6.0 %) from areolar skin (3).
Moreover, the effect of not
receiving any
breast milk was stronger (pi = 0.105 for interaction) in those infants whose GP was in a
more deprived area (adjusted OR = 5.00) than in a less deprived area (adjusted OR = 1.56).
The effect of not
receiving any
breast milk was stronger (pi = 0.064 for interaction) in
more crowded households (adjusted OR = 10.28) than in less crowded households (adjusted OR = 1.99).
Similarly, the effect of not
receiving exclusive
breast milk was stronger (pi = 0.004 for interaction) in those infants whose GP was in a
more deprived area (for Jarman ⩾ 1.5, adjusted OR = 17.66) than in a less deprived area (for Jarman < 1.5, adjusted OR = 0.97).
Keep in mind that the baby is
receiving more nutrients and vitamins from
breast milk.
Breastfed babies of both large - and small - capacity mothers
receive plenty of
milk, but their breastfeeding patterns will necessarily differ to gain weight and thrive.4 For example, a baby whose mother's
breasts hold six ounces or
more (180 mL) may grow well with as few as five feedings per day.
If this happens, the mother's
breasts will not
receive the expected stimulation to make
more milk and consequently her supply can dwindle.
So, in order for mothers to ensure that their baby is
receiving enough
milk it is recommended to make sure that each
breast is stimulated frequently and evenly to signal to the body to produce
more milk.
Although breastfeeding initiation rates in Australia are high, with
more than 83 % of women leaving the hospital breastfeeding, only 23 % of infants
receive any
breast milk by 12 months postpartum [3], which falls short of the international guidelines for infant nutrition [4, 5].
When difficulties encountered by mothers are shared with their partners, babies will have a better chance of
receiving breast milk exclusively for the recommended six months, and with complementary food could continue to breastfeed for two years or
more.
Many families introduce solid foods and liquids other than
breast milk or formula early in life, often within the first few weeks.1 — 4,21 Reasons for the early introduction of food suggest that big infants are considered to be healthy22and solids are regarded as having
more nutritional value and ability to satisfy infants, compared with formula.21 Mothers often look to their infants for cues regarding hunger and satiety and reason that with solid foods their infants will feel satisfied and will cry less and sleep through the night.21 Therefore, many mothers are encouraged by cultural norms transmitted through their families to start solid foods early in life, contrary to the recommendations that they may
receive from WIC or from their pediatrician.