More Support For Breastfeeding Urged, Senay: Too Few Moms Do It Long Enough To Benefit Babies Most (CBS News)

CBS) Experts agree that breast milk is the healthiest food for babies and that breastfeeding is good for moms, as well.

But many mothers in the United States aren't doing it as long as physicians recommend, says The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay.

She was told by Dr. Lori Winter, who helped develop the American Academy of Pediatrics' breastfeeding recommendations, that breastfeeding "by itself, without the addition of any foods or other fluids, (should be done) for about the first six months of life, and then followed by the introduction of nutritious, complimentary foods at about six months, and (we urge) continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life and even thereafter."


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