A importância do aleitamento materno exclusivo nos primeiros seis meses de vida para a promoção da saúde da criança

Abstract

This study is dedicated to analyze the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life to the promotion of child health, showing its advantages, the composition of milk, the factors that lead to early weaning and the nutritional status of children not breastfed. Breastfeeding in addition to being an act of love between mother and child, also provides benefits for the baby, because it provides all the nutrients necessary for a good development. Even with all the nutritional advantages of breastmilk and immunological, most mothers just stopping early breastfeeding due to problems in the initial step of the same, which could lead to an increase in illness and death among children. Noting the difficulty that breastfeeding comes back, the search has been developed with the purpose of performing a bibliographic review on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding most up-to-date manner for all workers who, in the intention of knowing that cannot promote child health through exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life.