Benefits of breastfeeding for your baby

How does breastfeeding benefit the baby?

• Protects against ear infections, colds, and viruses: If the child does have any of the above, the severity will most likely be lessened because of the protection from the breastmilk
  
  
• Helps brain to grow and develop
  
  
• Less learning and behavior difficulties
  
  
• Less diaper rash and other skin problems
  
  
• Less colic, less crying
  
  
• Easy to digest: It is almost impossible to have a constipated breastfed baby!
  
  
• Less diarrhea
  
  
• Protects against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, leukemia, some childhood cancers, and juvenile-onset diabetes
  
  
• Benefits heart health
  
  
• Fewer trips to the doctor and hospitalizations
  
  
• Babies LOVE the taste