Breastfeeding maximizes a child's intellectual potential.
Breast milk is the only milk with ingredients which specifically stimulate human brain development.
Breastfeeding ensures tactile, visual, and auditory stimulation of infants. Three or more months of breastfeeding is associated with superior neurological status and intellectual performance a decade later. Koopman-Esseboom, C. et al. Postnatal PCB and dioxin exposure of breastfed infants was calculated from levels in human milk samples and the duration of breastfeeding. Breastfed infants scored significantly higher on the psychomotor score and the mental scale of the Bayley Scales at 7 months of age, compared with formula-fed infants.