| It is generally believed that children should | | | | that can facilitate coping with the stigma |
| not be breast fed beyond a certain age, | | | | attached to this practice. |
| specifically after they are one or two years | | | | |
| old. It forms a topic of general controversy | | | | Here are some simple tips on how to breast |
| worldwide. | | | | feed your baby : |
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| However, it is still practiced everywhere | | | | 1. Sit in a position you feel comfortable in, |
| around the globe, and some nursing mothers | | | | with a straight back and a flat lap. You |
| continue to breastfeed even when their | | | | could also put a pillow on your lap to make |
| children are four or five years old and | | | | it more comfortable for your little one. |
| beyond. Breast feeding support groups argue | | | | |
| that it is nobody's but the mother and | | | | 2. Put the baby on your lap and turn the baby |
| child's decision on the appropriate time to | | | | towards your stomach. The baby's bottom lying |
| discontinue breast feeding, although they | | | | on your elbow and the baby's shoulders, neck |
| don't take a firm line on when it is okay to | | | | and head supported by your arm and hand is |
| stop breast feeding a child. | | | | the ideal position to take. |
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| It is agreed by general consensus that | | | | 3. Put your baby's face in front of your |
| infants benefit greatly from breast feeding. | | | | nipple. Let the baby's head tip back a |
| The same can be applied to older children too | | | | little, very slowly and carefully. Gently put |
| ; they benefit both from the nutritional | | | | the baby's mouth on the nipple and rub back |
| elements of breast milk and the close contact | | | | and forth until the baby opens his or her |
| with their mothers. | | | | mouth wide. |
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| A lot of people have objections with breast | | | | 4. Bring the baby's chin against your chest. |
| feeding because of a number of reasons. One | | | | This will facilitate easier breathing for the |
| reason is that breasts have sexual | | | | little one. You're doing it right if you feel |
| connotation in society, and people feel that | | | | a large part of breast covered by your baby's |
| this kind of contact with children is not | | | | mouth. If you can hear the baby swallowing, |
| very healthy. Also, many claim that this | | | | then you're doing it properly. |
| practice could lead to the social ostracism | | | | |
| of children and their families because is it | | | | 5. You might need to support your breast or |
| so uncommon in nature. Women continue to face | | | | change positions in order to make the process |
| discrimination for breast feeding in public | | | | more comfortable. It's okay to start over if |
| and breast feeding older children in spite of | | | | you're not comfortable or if the baby's |
| the enhancement of women's rights movements. | | | | having problems. |
| Nursing mothers who breastfeed their older | | | | |
| children need to be proactive in this regard, | | | | Additional information is accessible in the |
| and associate with people and organizations | | | | form of breast feeding support groups. |