#世上只有妈妈好

随时随地支持妈妈进行母乳喂养 为何要母乳喂养？ 母乳喂养是保证孩子健康的最有效方式之一，可以为孩子提供延伸至成人阶段的健康收益。在出生后前六个月为婴儿提供所需的全部营养，母乳是最佳的选择。同时，母乳还可防止婴儿遭遇腹泻、肺炎等常见疾病。除为婴儿提供立竿见影的健康收益外，母乳喂养还具备长期优势，如给予孩子更高智商、降低青少年阶段肥胖症风险等。 母乳喂养最佳做法 母乳喂养既是自然本性，又是一种需要后天学习的行为。为帮助指导最佳母乳喂养做法，世界卫生组织推荐：从婴儿出生后一小时内起至婴儿出生满六个月的整段时间内，纯粹通过母乳进行喂养。纯母乳喂养，是指婴儿仅摄入母乳，不接收包括配方奶粉或水在内的任何其它食品或饮品。新生儿只要感到饥饿，便应进行母乳喂养。不足六个月大的婴儿每两小时喂养一次，一天至少喂养8次，具有普遍指导意义。 六个月后，应持续进行母乳喂养达两年，同时添加有营养的食品和流食。 母亲可能需要进行调整适应，学习舒适地进行母乳喂养。如下图所示，母乳喂养时，母亲可坐可卧： 第一次拥抱 宝宝出生后，很快与宝宝发生亲密的肌肤接触，完成人生第一次拥抱，是再简单不过的事了。这个充满温情爱意的动作，可以延长纯母乳喂养的持续期。亲密的肌肤接触可以帮助延长妈妈的泌乳期。此外，通过妈妈的第一次母乳分泌，这样一个小动作还可将呵护生命的温暖、胎盘血液以及保护性细菌传递给宝宝。 世界母乳喂养周 在中国，仅有20.8%的妈妈达到了世界卫生组织关于出生后六个月进行纯母乳喂养的建议要求。 每年8月1日至7日为世界母乳喂养周，在全球范围内鼓励进行母乳喂养，改善宝宝健康。今年，世界卫生组织提出，母乳喂养是可持续发展的关键。 我们都可以帮助创建鼓励母乳喂养的环境，在婴儿需要哺乳时，让妈妈们愿意随时随地为婴儿提供母乳的关爱。保证宝宝们良好营养、健康成长，最好的选择就是母乳喂养！ Breast is Best! It's World Breastfeeding Week, 2016 Why Breastfeeding? Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and can provide health benefits to the child that extend into adulthood. Breast milk is not only the best way to provide infants with all the nutrients they need in the first six months of life, but can also protect against diarrhea and other common illnesses such as pneumonia. In addition to immediate health benefits for infants, breastfeeding is linked to long-term benefits such as a higher intelligence quotient (IQ) in children and a reduced risk of obesity in adolescence. Best Practices in Breastfeeding While breastfeeding is a natural act, it is also a learned behavior. To help guide best-practice in breastfeeding, WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within one hour after birth until a baby is 6 months old. Exclusive breastfeeding means that the infant only receives breast milk without any other food or drink, not even formula milk or water. Newborn babies should be breastfed whenever the baby is hungry. As a general guideline, babies younger than 6 months should be fed once every two hours and no less than 8 times a day. After 6 months, nutritious foods and liquids should be added while continuing to breastfeed for up to 2 years. Mothers may need to adjust and learn how to breastfeed comfortably. Breastfeeding can be done both sitting up or lying down, as shown in the two pictures below: The First Embrace One simple act of love that can increase the duration of exclusive breastfeeding is the First Embrace - the immediate skin-to-skin contact shortly after the baby is born. Immediate skin-to-skin contact can help increase the mother's lactation. In addition, this small act can also transfer life saving warmth, placental blood and protective bacteria from the first milk secreted by the mother to the newborn. World Breastfeeding Week In China, only 20.8% of mothers meet the WHO recommendation of exclusively breast feeding for the first 6 months. World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. This year, WHO is promoting that breastfeeding is a key to sustainable development. We can all help to create an environment that encourages breastfeeding so mothers are willing to feed their infants whenever and wherever they need to. This is the one of the best ways to ensure the infants in our communities are well-nourished and can grow healthily!