BREASTFEEDING

Im looking at my little girl and wondering where the days went...ati she will be nine months....nine months!!
It was just the other day i was struggling to learn how to hold her..she was so tiny...id always feel like id drop her and she'd break to many little pieces...and now she is crawling..she does not even like being held unless she is being helped to climb up something...
So as she grows up..the next big question (apart from when she will sleep thru the night so i can get a good nights sleep as well and umm teething) is when to stop breastfeeding her.
Now the advice on this is as vast and varying as whoever is giving it. But the other day i attended a function to launch the breastfeeding week and they gave me some reasons to keep breastfeeding:
1. Breastmilk contains the immunity a baby needs..ever wonder why babies who are breastfeed are not usually sick?
2. Breastmilk contains all the nutrients required for a healthy baby.
3. Breastmilk actually keeps obesity and diabetes at bay
4. Breastfeeding helps a mom loose weight
5. Breastfeeding is a natural contraceptive which acts by delaying the return of periods
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For more information on this go the UNICEF website and join us in celebrating breastfeeding week.