Breast-Feeding
Medical anthropologists have argued that that insofar as breast milk has nourished human children since the earliest known humans, breast-feeding must have distinct advantages for mothe...
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Breastfeeding
Also known as nursing, the practice of providing an infant or toddler with nutrition from mother's milk via direct sucking on the breast.
Breastfeeding has nutritional, immunologi...
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Weaning
The process of decreasing breastfeeding and introducing other replacement forms of nutrition to a baby or toddler, such as bottlefeeding, cupfeeding, and solid foods.
Weaning can occur at wide...
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It contributes to postpartum weight loss; suppressed menstrual periods, which helps to replenish iron stores lost during pregnancy and childbirth; and even confers some protection against more serious...
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Nutrition and breastfeeding are subjects that can relate greatly to each other. New mothers are in a need of information regarding breastfeeding. Mothers receive the information and instructions on ho...
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