Cough, runny nose, fever? You are in doubt, and grandmother suggest, they say, it is better not to feed the baby right now. Just the opposite! Mom keeps the child's immune system to temper their milk. Feed and get well!
It is known from the World Health Organization reports that milkthe mother is the valuable beverage for a child who not only gives him immunity from the disease, but also calms, fills with energy, a way of communication of mother and baby. Continue to feed, even if you are sick, for example, SARS, acute respiratory infections, flu.
The doctor prescribed medication? What is possible at GW
Ask him to those that are compatible with breastfeeding. Doubt in the recipe, refer to the website e-lactancia.org, Which shows the components of the medication, which is not licensed to work with GW, but does not actually harm the child. The fact that research and high cost of licenses often do not allow producers of tablets and medicines to write about compatibility. And on the site you can easily read the information you need.
How to breastfeed your baby, if the mother is ill / istockphoto.com
Recommendations for feeding breast milk if the mother is sick
- Drink plenty of fluids to the virus came out quickly from the body.
- Well, if the baby's dad or grandmother, nurse ready to take care of your baby over, to walk with him in the fresh air while you ventilate the room and get some sleep. Sleep - the best lactogen.
- The reinsurance is not necessary. The mask is now useless: with SARS person becomes contagious even before symptoms of the disease become apparent. So, under the influence of viruses child for a long time, and put on a mask is now in terms of its protection late.
- No bottle with the mixture some water instead of milk, pacifiers. You are able to overcome the disease, and this will help you in your pipsqueak. Believe in your strength, and succeed!
- Stop feeding - very bad option, because as soon as the mother becomes ill, her blood begin elicit protective antibodies against pathogens that come into breast milk and thereby protect the child. Depriving the baby is now immune bodies breast milk, you increase the risk of infection, rather than reduce it. Of course, breastfeeding does not guarantee that the child is not sick. But still significantly reduced and the probability itself, and how serious the disease can occur.
- Milk diseased mothers appear protective body to the causative agent of the disease: they reduce the risk of infection for the baby!
Get well soon!
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