Breastfeeding is really an amazing experience that all mothers should have. It benefits your child but it benefits you as well. That's one more plus. 
Allyson Keel
Breastfeeding Mom
(breastfed for 8-11 months)
- Saves money in formula and healthcare costs
- Provides a special bond between mom and baby
- Burns up to 600 calories a day
- Releases hormones that relax mom
- Uses a natural resource
- Makes traveling easier
- Makes diapers less stinky
- Protects mom against cancer and diabetes
- Reduces babies’ risk of infections and stomach problems
- Reduces babies’ risk of allergic reactions and asthma
- Reduces babies’ risk of SIDS
- Reduces babies’ risk of childhood leukemia
- Provides baby with the most easily digested food
- Promotes babies’ healthy growth and development
- Reduces babies’ risk of obesity & diabetes
- May give baby a higher I.Q. – especially preemies
- Transmits mother’s immunities to baby
Fully breastfeed babies are less likely to suffer respiratory illnesses for the first two years of life.
Actress Jennifer Garner talks about nursing her baby
Salma Hayek, on a goodwill mission to Sierra Leone, talked about the benefits of breastfeeding and fed a hungry baby born on the same day as her daughter
