Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the ideal food, exclusively, for the baby during the first six months of life, but sometimes it is not easy and problems often arise.

This week, from August 1 to 7, we are celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, and given the pandemic context in which we find ourselves, the recommendation of pediatricians to maintain breastfeeding in Covid-positive mothers is important. 19.

Every year from August 1 to 7, World Breastfeeding Week (SMLM) is celebrated, established by the WHO and UNICEF to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, due to the innumerable benefits it brings to the health of the mother and the baby, and coordinated by the World Breastfeeding Alliance (WABA).

Breastfed babies can spend a lot of time at the breast. They can finish a feeding and after five minutes, ask to be breastfed again at any time of the day, being especially exhausting at night.

It is not the first time that we echo an incident of discrimination in a swimming pool to a mother breastfeeding her baby. It is unfortunate that in the times we live in, something as natural as feeding a baby is still seen as something bad or dirty. In this case, it happened to a mother from Montcada i Reixac (Barcelona) who was "invited" to breastfeed her six-month-old baby in the changing room.

The breast pump is of great help for women who breastfeed their babies and have to express their milk when they return to work. With this very special moment in mind, Elvie, the British brand of smart tech products for women, has launched Elvie Pump, the first cordless, hands-free breast pump that is quiet and small enough to fit in your bra.

Much is said about the indisputable benefits of breastfeeding for babies, from birth and throughout the duration of breastfeeding, both for its incomparable nutritional value and at the immune level, since it protects the baby from infections, as well as of course, the emotional value for both.

Breast milk is the ideal food for babies. The WHO and other scientific societies recommend that infants up to 6 months of age drink only breast milk and then continue breastfeeding, along with other foods, until 2 years or more as long as the mother and baby wish.