Your body supplied all of your baby s needs before birth. Your breast milk will meet all of your infant s nourishment needs in the first 4 to 6 months.
Breast milk is the perfect food for babies.
It also offers your baby protection from germs. Babies can digest the protein in breast milk much better and more completely than the protein in cow s milk. Breastfeeding has advantages for you, too. Women who breast-feed are better able to control their weight, because their bodies are burning calories to make milk. It is less expensive to breast-feed since there is no need to buy formula.