Breastfeeding Advantages
• - Best for babies (Pinakamabuti para sa bata)
• - Reduce the incidence of allergy (Ligtas o nababawasan ang karamdaman tulad ng hika o sakit sa balat)
• - Economical (Nakakatipid, hindi na bibili)
• - Antibiotics, great immunity to some infectious disease (May mga natatanging sangkap tulad ng antibiotiko para di makakuha ng mga nakakahawang sakit)
• - Stool inoffensive, hardly ever constipated (Hindi malansa o sobrang baho ng dumi at hindi nakakatigas ng dumi)
• - Temperature always ideal (Laging tama ang temperature para sa bata)
• - Fresh milk (Napapanatili ang pagiging bago o sariwa ng gatas)
• - Emotional bonding (Pinaglalapit ang damdamin ng bata at ng ina)
• - Easily established (Laging meron basta tuloy-tuloy ang pag-suso kay baby)
• - Digested easily within 2-3 hours (Madaling matunaw, sa loob lamang ng 2-3 oras)
• - Immediately available and no mixing required (Palaging meron ano mang oras kailangan at hindi kailangang timplahin.)
• - Nutritionally optimal (Sapat at tama ang sustansya para kay baby)
• - Gastroenteritis is greatly reduced (Nababawasan o naiiwasan ang mga sakit sa tiyan, pagtatae, kabag, at iba pa.)
Bottlefeeding Disadvantages
• A dded Expenses
• R isk for diarrhea and loss of fluids
• T akes time and effort
• I t may compromise your baby’s immune system.
• F ormula milk is not as nutritious as breast milk.
• I t affects the mother-baby bonding.
• C an be inconvenient (bottle feeding).
• I t can’t promote the positive, long-term health effects breast milk does.
• A rtificial milk does not have immunity-boosting qualities
• L ipid or fat and cell composition is not change in artificial milk unlike in breastmilk
References:
https://www.unicef.org/newsline/tenstps.htm https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/files/BFHI_2009_s3.1and2.pdf http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/pdfs/bc_participants_manual.pdf https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/breastfeeding-and-covid-19 Lactation Management Training and Enhancement Program Powerpoint Presentation from Provincial Health Office
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