Benefits of breastfeeding Benefits of breastfeeding The medical community agrees that breast is best when it comes to feeding your newborn. Breastfeeding provides essential nutrients in the early months of life and is a benefit because it boosts the immune system to help fight off disease. There is nothing like mother s milk.
Research shows that babies can benefit from nursing beyond the age of one.
One benefit is nutrition. Even in the second year of life and beyond, human milk continues to be a valuable source of protein, fat, calcium and vitamins. Of course in the toddler years, nursing is incorporated with a diet of solids. Immunities in breast milk have been shown to increase in concentration, as the baby gets older. Breastfed babies have a lower risk of developing ear infections, urinary tract infections, asthma, childhood cancers, diabetes and allergies.