Introduction to breastfeeding:
1. Breast milk is the first natural food for babies. It provides energy and nutrition for the first few months after birth. In the second half of the year before the baby 1, breast milk also meets half or more of the baby's nutritional needs, while in the year when the baby is 2 years old, breast milk can provide one-third of the nutrition.
2. Breast milk is beneficial to the development of sensation and cognition, and prevents infants from suffering from infectious diseases and chronic diseases. Exclusive breastfeeding can also reduce the mortality rate of infants caused by common childhood diseases such as diarrhea or pneumonia, and help infants recover quickly after illness.
3. Breastfeeding is also beneficial to the health and well-being of mothers, which also helps to prolong the birth interval, reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and breast cancer, and increase the resources of families and countries. This is a safe feeding method and safe for the environment.
Breastfeeding is a natural behavior, but it also needs learning. A large number of studies have confirmed that mothers and other caregivers need active support when starting and continuing proper breastfeeding. The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in 1992 to strengthen the customary practice of pregnant women and parturients supporting breastfeeding. Baby-friendly hospital action helps to improve the global situation of exclusive breastfeeding and support the whole health system, which is conducive to mothers' continuous exclusive breastfeeding.