Despite all the prejudices and even prohibitions of doctors, breastfeeding after a year is not only a natural process, but also extremely useful, both for the mother and the child. Nursing mother should never be influenced by public opinion or listen to advice of incompetent specialists.
The benefits of breastfeeding after a year
Immunity of the child
As scientific research has shown, feeding a baby after a year increases its immunity, protects against all sorts of viruses and makes the baby resistant to all kinds of allergies. In addition, the scientists found that infants are ill not only less often than their peers, excommunicated from breastfeeding, but less. The duration of the infant's illness is much shorter than the child's "adult" diet.
Intellectual development
According to some studies, there is a direct link between the term of termination of breastfeeding and the child's intelligence. For example, children whose breastfeeding continued after two years are more intellectually developed than their peers.
Social adaptation
Breastfeeding after a year and two years provides a more intimate emotional connection with the mother. As practice shows, such children are socially adapted and better adapted to later life. It should be borne in mind that weaning is a strong shock for the child, so children, breastfeeding which continued even after 2 to 3 years, are more calm and psychologically stable.
Mother's health
Breastfeeding counselors state that prolonged feeding is beneficial not only for the child, but also for the mother. So, for example, in women who practiced GV after a year, there are fewer problems such as inflammation of the ovaries and breast tumors.
Feeding mode after 1 year
If you decide not to excommunicate from breastfeeding after a year - do not deny him and in the night feeding. As a rule, feeding a child at night after a year occurs 2-
As such, feeding regimens such as newborns are no longer required. As a rule, the child himself expresses the desire to take the breast, and the feeding itself does not take so long - just a few minutes.
It is worth noting that in the baby's menu after a year breastfeeding occupies a non-main place. The table of a feed of the child after a year should not be limited only by thoracal feeding, after all the kid at this age demands much more nutrients and vitamins.