0 past simple and past participle of breastfeed
Many immunological factors are present in both colostrum and breastmilk, particularly in the days immediately after birth, boosting the systemic protection of the breastfed infant.
All but one of the infants were partially breastfed for at least 2 months, none was exclusively breastfed.
Possibly external factors also had a part to play as the death rate amongst exclusively breastfed children had also experienced a considerable proportional decline.
Also, the longer a child is breastfed the more able it is to resist disease.
The fact that women undertook paid employment either outside or inside the home did not necessarily mean that their babies were not breastfed.
Wet nurses breastfed infants and were not required when the children were older.
Thus, for instance, the death of a child that was being breastfed may increase the probability of a subsequent birth due to the contraceptive effect of breastfeeding.
It recommends that babies should be breastfed exclusively for the first 4–6 months of life.
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