How Breastfeeding Benefits Mothers

Breast milk remains the healthiest food for your baby. The benefits of breast milk for babies are numerous. What's good for baby is also good for mother. When mothers follow nature's lead and breastfeed their babies, their own bodies benefit too. The benefits of breastfeeding also appear to stay with mothers for years to come, lowering risks of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Reduces the risk of breast cancer. Women who breastfeed reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by as much as 25 percent. The reduction in cancer risk comes in proportion to the cumulative lifetime duration of breastfeeding. That is, the more months or years a mother breastfeeds, the lower her risk of breast cancer.

Reduces the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer. One of the reasons for the cancer-fighting effects of breastfeeding is that estrogen levels are lower during lactation. It is thought that the less estrogen available to stimulate the lining of the uterus and perhaps breast tissue also, the less the risk of these tissues becoming cancerous.

Lessens osteoporosis. Non-breastfeeding women have a four times greater chance of developing osteoporosis than breastfeeding women and are more likely to suffer from hip fractures in the post-menopausal years.

Benefits child spacing. Since breastfeeding delays ovulation, the longer a mother breastfeeds the more she is able to practice natural child spacing, if she desires. How long a woman remains infertile depends on her baby's nursing pattern and her own individual baby.

Promotes emotional health. Not only is breastfeeding good for mother's body, it's good for her mind. Studies show that breastfeeding mothers show less postpartum anxiety and depression than do formula-feeding mothers.

Promotes postpartum weight loss. While you're pregnant, your body automatically layers on extra fatty tissue so you'll have enough fat stores to begin and support breastfeeding. After you have your baby, however, if what you eat is varied and well balanced, breastfeeding can help you lose your pregnancy weight without compromising either your health or your baby's by dieting. And you naturally burn calories to make breast milk every time you nurse. Breastfeeding mothers showed significantly larger reductions in hip circumference and more fat loss by one month postpartum when compared with formula-feeding moms. Breastfeeding mothers tend to have an earlier return to their pre-pregnant weight.

Parents Thoughts & Feelings About There Kids

All parents enjoys the experience to become mothers and fathers.Baby is a kind of gift from the God. It is different feeling when you came to know that you are becoming parents. From first month you starts counting the day of the delivery.

          Mothers feels the improvement of the baby inside,they never forget the first kick of there baby inside her.That is a different feeling you can’t express in words, you feel good while talking to your child inside you. Mother’s count s the movement of there baby inside.

          That nine month is unforgettable movement  for parents. So for this special movements you need to care your health, need to take precautions, take calcium,fruits, milk,juices, plenty of water, regular checkup from your Doctor.You can do Yoga by the suggestion of Doctors, Avoid Stairs, Avoid tensions, Avoid Smoke & wines.

Try to be happy, think good, Read books, watch comeady movies, take walk & fresh air. Because if your healthy your Baby will be healthy & when baby is healthy family will be happy.

Nourishment for Your Newborns : A serious issue.

At some point throughout pregnancy, women need to think about how they plan to feed their child. But how do you decide what is best for your baby's growth and development?

How does breastfeeding benefit your baby?

Researchers have found that breastfed babies have higher IQs of at least five points higher then formula fed infants. Researchers account 40% of the increase due to maternal bonding and the other 60% is from the nutritional value of the breast milk itself. Babies who were nursed up to six months saw the greatest increase, while babies who were nursed for two weeks or less showed no IQ benefit. The effects are long-lived and last through childhood and adolescence.

Researchers from the National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that the more breast milk infants receive in the first six months of life, the less likely they are to suffer ear infections and diarrhea.

Researchers in Australia did a study of more than 2,000 children and found that exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months after birth reduced a child's risk of developing asthma by age 6.

Researchers at Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich (Germany) did a study of 9,357 children between the ages of 5 and 6, and found that children who were breastfed exclusively as babies (even for as little as three to five months) had a 35 percent lower chance of being obese than their formula-fed peers.

During a study of more than 2,200 children, it was discovered that those who were breastfed as babies were 21 percent less likely to develop two of the most common types of leukemia - acute lymphoblastic and acute myeloid leukemia - than children who were never breastfed. The longer breastfeeding continued the more protection the child seemed to have against the cancer.

How does breastfeeding benefit you?

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that breastfeeding cuts the risk of breast cancer by 20 percent in women aged 20 to 49 and by 30 percent in women aged 50 to 74, regardless of duration. They think that structural changes in breast tissue caused by breastfeeding may protect against cancer.

Researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan studied 110 women, aged 20 to 40, all of whom gained about 35 pounds during pregnancy. Monitoring the women's weight at several intervals from birth to 18 months afterwards, the researchers found that those who breastfed lost weight more rapidly than their non-breastfeeding counterparts did. After 18 months, though, the rate of weight loss was almost the same for the two groups.

Healthcare professionals cannot say enough about the health benefits of breastfeeding. If you and your baby are both healthy and able, you may want to give nursing a try, at least for the first few weeks, so your natural immunities can be passed to your child. Alternatively, consider doing both. Many women combine breastfeeding and formula feeding.

Even though breastfeeding has many, many benefits there are plenty of reasons why women choose formula over breastfeeding:

• Having a baby with a poor sucking reflex which is common in premature babies.
• Prolonged mother-infant separation .
• Painful nursing.
• The fear that your baby isn't getting enough milk .
• The need to return to work .
• A health problem that requires medication that shouldn't be passed to the nursing infant .
• A desire to involve other family members in the feeding process.

Formula feeding with a bottle is a healthy choice for babies too, either right from the start or after nursing. If you are concerned about your choice, try to separate medical facts from the political and cultural rhetoric. Remember, the most important thing you can do for your baby is love and nurture her, and that includes feeding her in the way that you choose.

Formula products today are designed to nutritionally simulate breast milk as closely as possible. While they cannot pass along the resistance to infection that breast milk does, formulas provide ample nourishment for a growing baby. Most formulas are based on cow's milk or soybeans. Any formula you choose should be iron-fortified to prevent anemia.

Parents Responsibility Towards Your Kids

Nobody ever said that children were easy to raise. They don't come with guidelines or instructions, and they certainly don't come with a "pause" button. What they do come with is a crucial set of physical and emotional needs that must be met. Failure of the parents to meet these specific needs can have wide-ranging and long-lasting negative effects.

The following outline provides eight essential responsibilities that parents must adhere to in order to foster their child's physical and/or emotional well-being

1. Provide your child with BASIC NEEDS.
       A. Water
       B. Plenty of nutritious foods
       C. Shelter
       D. A warm bed with sheets, blankets, and a pillow
       E. Medical care as needed.
       F. Clothing that is appropriate for the weather conditions.
       G. Space,a place where he or she can go to be alone.

2. Provide your child with SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS.
       A. Accept your child's uniqueness and respect his or her individuality.
       B. Encourage but don't push your child to participate in a club, activity, or sport.
       C. Notice and acknowledge your child's achievements and pro-social behavior.
       D. Encourage proper hygiene (to look good is to feel good).
       E. Set expectations for your child that are realistic and age-appropriate.
       F. Use your child's misbehavior as a time to teach, not to criticize or ridicule.

3. Teach your child MORALS and VALUES.
       A. Honesty
       B. Respect
       C. Responsibility
       D. Compassion
       E. Patience
       F. Forgiveness
       G. Generosity

4. Develop MUTUAL RESPECT with your child.
       A. Use respectful language
       B. Respect his or her feelings.
       C. Respect his or her opinions.
       D. Respect his or her privacy.
       E. Respect his or her individuality.

5. Provide DISCIPLINE which is effective and appropriate.
       A. Structured
       B. Consistent
       C. Predictable
       D. Fair

6. Involve yourself in your child's EDUCATION.
       A. Communicate regularly with your child's teacher.
       B. Make sure that your child is completing his or her homework each night.
       C. Assist your child with his or her homework, but don't DO their homework.
       D. Talk to your child each day about school (what is being studied, any interesting
           events etc.).
       E. Recognize and acknowledge your child's academic achievements.

7. Provide an environment that is SAFE.
       A. Keep your child free from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
       B. Keep unsafe objects locked up or out of reach of your child.
       C. Get to know your child's caregivers.
       D. Correct any potential dangers around the house.
       E. Take Safety Precautions. Use smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, lock
           doors at night, always wear seatbelts etc.

8. Get to KNOW YOUR CHILD.
       A. Spend quality time together.

       B. Be approachable to your child.
       C. Ask questions

       D. Communicate with them.

We've looked at the responsibilities parents HAVE, now let's look at what responsibilities parents Do Not have.

The following are lists of responsibilities that no parent should be expected to meet.

·         Supplying your child with the most expensive designer clothes or shoes available.

·         Picking up after your child/Cleaning your child's room.

·         Dropping everything you're doing to give your child a ride somewhere.

·         Providing your child with a telephone, television, computer, or game system.

·         Bailing your child out of trouble every time he or she does something wrong.

·         Maintaining an unlimited supply of treats, chips, sodas, or junk foods for your child's unlimited

·         consumption.

·         Replacing toys or other items that your child has lost or misplaced.

·         Welcoming any or all of your child's friends into your home for social or other activities.