A few weeks ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its recommendations on breastfeeding, stating that it should last until at least the first two years of life. And the reasons for doing so are becoming clearer.
Monkeypox continues to spread throughout the world, and although it has not yet been declared a pandemic, the numbers are beginning to be worrying: in Spain we have exceeded 3,000 cases and we are the country that has registered the most infections in the world (which adds 15,379 cases as of July 20 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC).
It is said that newborns only eat and sleep and, although in some cases it may be (almost) true, the truth is that it is often difficult to get babies to fall asleep.
By their own physiology, babies are at higher risk of dehydration in very hot weather. The proportion of body water in the baby is around 70% (while in an adult it is 55%), and most of it inside the cells, making its balance much weaker, increasing the risk from excessive fluid loss.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published a guide with new recommendations for breastfeeding, which come to update its recommendations made a decade ago.
According to the Breastfeeding Committee of the Spanish Association of Paediatrics, six months after the birth of the baby, only 28.5% of Spanish mothers maintain exclusive breastfeeding. The main reason for abandoning breastfeeding is the difficulty of reconciling work and family when mothers have to return to work.
Weaning is the process by which breastfeeding is stopped. We know that breast milk is the ideal food for newborns and infants up to six months of life; subsequently, it is recommended to keep it together with other foods for up to two years or more whenever the mother and the baby want it.
Breast milk is the best food for the baby during its first six months of life, due to the long list of benefits it provides. Although the list is long, more and more reasons are being discovered every day to continue choosing it as your main food.
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