Nutrition
...in every family. But how they raise them will play a significant role later when infants become adults and begin to interact in the world around them.
Because the family inculcates control and a sense of what is right, upon the arrival of an infant who is then considered to be a new member of the family, decisions has to be made particularly by the mother, and one of which is in terms of how to feed her infant. Any parent or caregiver would want to make sure that their infant is right on track in his physical and mental growth. It is every family’s desire to see their children grow smarter and become a top of their class.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly define to include the various forms of learning. A number of previous studies have contributed to the current conventional wisdom about the impact of nutrition on education in developing countries.
In the early years of the human species, breastfeeding was as common as it was for other mammals feeding their young. There were no alternative foods for the infants, and the mother, along with other lactating females, would have no choice but to breastfeed their infant. Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk produced from her breast, usually directly from the nipples.
On the other hand, formula feeding is an industrially produced milk product designed for infant consumption. Usually based on either cow or soymilk, infant formula strives to duplicate the nutrient content of natural human breast milk. Besides breast milk, infant formula is the only other infant milk which the medical community considers nutritionally acceptable for infants under the age of one year.
Many mothers do manage to combine feeding by breast and bottle-this is sometimes known as mixed feeding. Mother’s, who...
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