Breastfeeding is the best food that our baby can receive, especially in these times of pandemic that we are experiencing. Studies have shown that breast milk may help prevent or treat Covid-19, as whey proteins kill most live strains of the virus.
Britt Kolb is the mother of two children, "one in her arms and the other in heaven", as she says, with a sad and beautiful story behind at the same time. Months after her oldest son turned one year old, she found out she was pregnant with another boy and it was great news for the family.
The World Health Organization recommends that mothers breastfeed their newborn children even if they have the coronavirus. A new study carried out by researchers from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China), comes to support these guidelines, since it has proven that breast milk could help prevent or treat Covid-19.
It is one of the great myths about breastfeeding, but numerous investigations have shown that the breasts do not fall from breastfeeding the baby, but from pregnancy.
It is not the first time that we echo this type of news, but it does not stop us from being moved by the tenderness and generosity of the act: a nurse has breastfed a newborn whose mother was unwell after a home birth.
The benefits of breastfeeding, for both the baby and the mother, are countless. In addition, new positive effects of the most complete food that we can offer to our children are constantly being discovered. The last one comes from the University of Huelva, where a research team, in collaboration with the General Hospital of Riotinto, has applied a new method of analysis in breast milk with which they have identified the presence of a new substance called selenoprotein P that it intervenes in hormonal production, in the immune system and transports selenium to the brain.
All of us have a membrane under the tongue that attaches it to the floor of the mouth and allows it to move. Generally, the growth of this frenulum is consistent with that of the tongue, but it may happen that this is not the case, leaving the sublingual frenulum short. It is known as tongue tie, and many parents wonder what happens if my child has a frenulum of the tongue that is too short?
Breastfeeding has lights and shadows. It is wonderful, but there are hard times. And weaning can be one of them. If we let the baby decide, it is rare that he decides to wean before the age of two, especially if he has exclusively breastfed for six months and then on demand.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
