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