Quality milk for better growth and development.

A newborn child’s nourishment comes from milk, mother’s milk; and it should be no other unless circumstances beyond our control determine otherwise.

Mother’s milk contains the important lauric acid which helps the baby to fend off bacteria and viruses at this very vulnerable stage of life. It insures the healthy growth of a baby. This lauric acid is not found in fresh cow’s milk. In fact no child less than one year of age should be given fresh cow’s milk as it is deficient in iron and so may cause anemia. Furthermore, there is the possibility of developing an allergy. (The only other good source of lauric acid is coconut oil.)

Research has proven that nutrients in mother’s milk are essential to the growth and proper development of the brain.

Asians were very much smaller in build because of the ignorance of nutrition. There was a time when poorer Asian parents weaned their children off early, sometimes due to the lack of milk from their bodies and sometimes due to inconvenience. Such parents give their children the cheaper condensed milk or plain white rice broth resulting in malnourished bodies. Fortunately, with better knowledge and understanding, parents are giving their babies longer periods of mother’s milk and formula milk.

Look at the affluent Japanese today. They are no longer the short, small-sized people we pictured during the Second World War. The difference in the Japanese is due to quality milk, better food and nutrition.

We should not wean the baby off mother’s milk unless the mother’s body cannot supply sufficient quantity of it. If that be the case, formula milk and, later, nutritious blended food using carrots, apples, pumpkins or sweet potatoes may be used.

The liking for sugar and bad habits with food are taught by us. No child cries for sweets or sugar. Sugar is known to be bad for health. Such vegetables as pumpkins, carrots, apples, pumpkins and sweet potatoes are pleasant enough to the taste-buds to not require any sugar. They can be blended or pureed so that it is soft enough for baby to eat.

For further information on pureed or blended solids, go to:
http://www.homemade-baby-food-recipes.com/

Besides the right and desired nutrients for the baby, in the process of sucking milk from the mother’s breast, mother and child develop a bond between them. And this bond is important. The benefits of such a bond has been given in a previous posting.