Describe The Relationship Between Babies And Breast Milk

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First, breast milk affects with babies' immune system. Breast milk is as good vaccine from nature. It helps to build the immune system. If the babies had been breastfed for a longer period. It is much more enough to fight the disease. At the appropriate time period of breastfeeding is 3-4 days after born. At that time, the mother will produce “Colostrum” is the first milk that has intensive immune. Babies who are breastfed will have an opportunity sickness are less than baby that are not breastfed.

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