2024-02-12 16:25:46
Breast milk is the best and only natural food for a baby.
Breastfeeding is the right of every child, the guarantee of its healthy growth and development.
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated annually from August 1 to 7. the goal is to protect and encourage breastfeeding, improve children’s health.
Mother’s milk is clean, safe, contains antibodies that protect against common childhood diseases.
It provides:
in the first 6 months – the necessary energy and nutrients,
For 6-12 month olds – more than half of nutritional requirements,
after one year – 1/3.
The World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia urge to feed the child exclusively with breast milk until the age of 6 months, and then to continue feeding, combined with age-appropriate additional food.
The baby should be breastfed as much as is acceptable to the mother and the baby.