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Benefits of Breastfeeding
Not just good for baby, but moms, too!
You could call breast milk the ulti-
mate, no-purchase, homemade product
for your baby. There's no recipe to follow,
no ingredients to assemble.
Besides that, breastfeeding benefits
moms, their babies and the environ-
ment, according to the American Acad-
emy of Pediatrics (AAP). In fact, the
AAP recommends that infants be exclu-
sively breastfed for their first six months,
with continued breastfeeding alongside
the introduction of complementary
foods for at least one year.
Moms seems to agree, at least at first,
that breast is best, for among infants
born in 2015 across the nation, the CDC
found that four out of five (83.2 percent)
were breastfeed at the start, with that
number dropping to 57.6 percent at six
months and 35.9 percent at 12 months.
The CDC reports that based on limited
studies, COVID-19 has not been detect-
ed in breast milk, but that it's especiallly
important to protect yourself and your
baby against COVID-19. Click here for
more information.
