Checklist: The Benefits of Breast Milk

Need a reason to start pumping?

By Suelain Moy

Touted as the perfect food, breast milk:

___ Provides essential nutrients in the correct proportions

___ Contains immunity-boosting antibodies

___ Causes less vomiting than formula

___ Protects against diarrhea and ear infections

___ Prevents allergies

___ Has a form of protein that is more easily digested by the newborn

___ Acts as an antibacterial agent

Excerpted from the AmericanBaby.com Ages & Stages weekly prenatal newsletter, Week 33.

Originally published on AmericanBaby.com, September 2005.

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