Breast milk is the preferred feeding for all newborns, even pre-term and sick babies.
Of those, only 20 percent are still nursing six months later. A national goal to increase this participation to 75 percent and 50 percent, respectively, has been set in the federal Healthy People 2000 campaign. The following AAP guidelines may help us reach this goal. Making informed Choices. New mothers need to know that breastfeeding is best for them, as well as for their infants.