Newborns reap a variety of health benefits from their mother's milk.
Breast-feeding aids in the development of a baby's brain, the growth and protection of its immune system to withstand illnesses, allergies, infections, and lowers its risk of childhood cancer and obesity, said Charlene Burnett, registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant at Truman Medical Center-Lakewood.
"We always tell moms breast-feeding is like having a flu shot, it's like being inoculated of all the germs in the air," she said. "The mom protects the baby from all those germs with her breast milk."
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