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Breastfeeding your toddler offers numerous advantages that enhance their overall development and health. Breast milk provides a precise balance of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats essential for a child's growth. It contains antibodies that strengthen the immune system, protecting your child from illnesses and infections. Additionally, breastfeeding strengthens the emotional connection between a mother and her child, providing stability and comfort.

Nursing can give a child a sense of security and intimacy, easing their distress or discomfort. Due to specific components in breast milk, breastfeeding has been linked to increased cognitive development and higher intelligence scores in children. Here is a list of the many benefits of breastfeeding for toddlers:

Enhanced Immunity:

Breastfeeding can help children avoid colds by raising levels of immunoglobulin A, lactoferrin, and lysozyme in milk during the second year, especially with increased exposure at daycare or preschool, according to WebMD.

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Protection Against Disease:

Breastfeeding reduces the risk of long-term health problems and various ailments, such as stomach bugs, ear infections, obesity, type 1 diabetes, asthma, and SIDS in infants.

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Nutritional Benefits:

For most babies, breast milk is the best source of nutrition as it adapts to meet the baby's changing needs.

Antibodies:

Breast milk transfers antibodies from the mother, which is essential for the healthy development of a baby's immune system, according to CDC.

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Communication:

Your baby can express their hunger in various ways, such as bobbing or wailing. As infants become proficient in using language, toddlers might begin signing for milk several months before they ask to be nursed aloud, calling it "mama milk."

 

(Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.)