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