Breastfeeding and the Encounter with a Perfect Baby

As the saying goes, "Gold, mercury, and water are not as good as mother's milk." For babies, breast milk is the most perfect food and the first gift from mother to child. For babies who have just come into this world, breastfeeding can not only make them full and satisfied, but also give them enough sense of security. When in the mother's belly, the baby's nutrition source mainly depends on the umbilical cord. After they are born, they will experience an unprecedented feeling, that is, hunger. This feeling of hunger makes them feel strange and scared, and then cry. Lying in the warm arms of their mothers, listening to the heartbeat of their mothers, and drinking sweet milk, they will feel that the world is beautiful and safe. Most babies will fall asleep peacefully in their mothers' arms while eating milk. For crying babies, the mother's hug and feeding are undoubtedly the best comfort. Although many commercially available infant formula milk powders claim to have adopted the most scientific and closest formula to breast milk, however, so far no infant formula milk powder can truly replace breast milk and become the best food for babies.

Breastfeeding is beneficial to the health of both mothers and babies. Dr. Sears, an authoritative American parenting expert, said that breastfeeding not only has many benefits for the mother's physical health, but also has many benefits for the baby's physical health.

Breast milk is rich in nutrients, including a large number of antibodies and nutrients needed by infants. It can reduce the probability of illness in babies and enhance their immunity to a certain extent, which is unmatched by any milk powder on the market. Breastfed babies have more flexible minds, better eyesight, and significantly reduced incidence of ear infections; babies have more regular teeth and less incidence of respiratory tract infections; babies have stronger digestive functions, a lower probability of intestinal infections, fewer constipations, and a lower probability of diabetes; babies have more perfect bodies, healthier skin, and better immune functions. In short, breastfeeding can, to a certain extent, make babies grow healthier and happier.

For mothers who breastfeed, they can reduce the probability of depression and postpartum osteoporosis, and the probability of developing malignant tumors such as breast cancer and cervical cancer is also lower. Breastfeeding mothers recover their perfect figure faster.

Breastfeeding is more convenient and safer. Compared with feeding babies with formula, breastfeeding is easier and more convenient. This is because feeding with formula requires attention to many details.

When mixing milk powder, the water temperature should be appropriate. For milk powder from the United States, it is generally brewed with 40 degrees Celsius boiled water first; for milk powder from Japan, it is generally brewed with 70 degrees Celsius boiled water first; then wash the bottle with cold water and dry it, fill it with milk, and wait until the temperature drops to about 40 degrees Celsius before feeding it to the baby. Not only does it require attention to brewing milk powder, but it is also necessary to ensure that the milk bottle is sterilized and the nipple is replaced regularly. Especially when going out, you should carry milk powder cans and thermos bottles and other items needed by the baby with you. More importantly, when feeding babies with milk powder, you should feed them regularly, rather than feeding them when they are hungry, so as not to damage the baby's digestive function. After feeding with milk powder, in order to prevent the baby from spitting up milk, you should immediately stand the baby's upper body upright and gently pat the baby's back with your hands until the baby burps. Therefore, feeding with milk powder seems to be more troublesome.

Breastfeeding is more economical. Currently, the prices of milk powder sold on the market are relatively expensive. If a newborn baby relies entirely on milk powder for feeding, it will increase the family's financial pressure to a certain extent. On the other hand, babies who are breastfed are healthier and less likely to get sick, so it can reduce the family's financial pressure.

Breastfeeding is the bond between mother and baby to establish a close relationship. Newborn babies have blurred vision and can generally only see objects within 20 to 25 cm. This distance is exactly the distance when mothers breastfeed their babies, and babies will look at their mothers' faces curiously. Studies show that babies aged 0 to 3 months like to look at their parents' faces the most. Mothers can look at their babies for a long time, observing their expressions from hunger to satisfaction, thus establishing a sense of satisfaction and pride in feeding their babies.

Dr. Spock of the United States said that parents do not feel like parents as soon as their children are born, nor do they necessarily develop a close relationship with their children immediately. They become real parents in the process of taking care of their children. The more successful the parents are at the beginning, and the more satisfied the children are with their care, the happier they will be, and they will quickly enter into each other's roles. In this sense, breastfeeding can not only miraculously shape a young and loving mother, but also quickly deepen the relationship between mother and child. In the process of continuous breastfeeding, mother and baby will feel happy and love each other deeply.