Aleitamento materno: a equipe de saúde como norteadora do processo de amamentação

Abstract

Breast milk is the best nutriment in the first six months of a child's life. However, early weaning is frequent, contrary to the advocated. The current study had as an objective identify the main causes that lead mothers to early weaning, as well elaborate an action proposal that helps the health care team when it comes to exclusive breast feeding, until six months old. This paper is a narrative bibliographic review, accomplished through research and analysis of articles found on those websites: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) and Biblioteca Virtual da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The role of the health care professionals can positively influence the establishment and maintenance of the exclusive breast feeding, in case such professionals are trained to offer the necessary support to these mothers, the weaning may not occur precociously.