JULY Nutrition Month Celebration 2011

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This month, the Philippines is Celebrating Nutrition Month and the theme is about "BREASTFEEDING" -- this is a promotion on the protection and support for correct breastfeeding practices and exclusive breastfeeding from 0-6 months old, then giving complementary foods to the infants by 6months while continuing breastfeeding until the age of 2 years old.. i'm a registered nutritionist-dietitian and helping the promotion of breastfeeding here in our city and wanted to promote and give awareness even outside the country.. there are hundreds of benefits of breastfeeding to the babies and mothers and i hope pregnant and lactating mothers support this.. Who among you mylotters were able to breastfeed thier infants or still practicing breastfeeding? i was able to breastfeed my child since he was born until the age of 1 year and a half, he was exclusively breastfeed until 6 months and since then he is not sickly and was never admitted to the hospital -- because of the antibodies breastmilk have, and i saved a lot of money from not buying formula milk and medicines.. you too can save a lot and give complete nutrients to your child when exclusively breastfeeding :)