In the contemporary life where the working class women might require to go back to work shortly after giving birth, baby bottles have come in handy for lactating mothers looking to resume work. However, a speech made by Ms Esther Mogusu at the pioneering National Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Symposium that was coordinated by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday indicates that the baby feeding bottles that we view as the portable and not so expensive life savers are not saving lives after all. Ms Mogusu is the Principal Nutrition and Dietetics officer at NMS
She states that part of the new regulations will require the companies that manufacturers baby food to package baby feeding equipment alongside their baby formulas and complimentary feeds. My opinion? such a necessary move that one!
Why Baby Bottles are Killer Bottles
Apparently, baby feeding bottles brings harm to our cubs rather than good. The sprouts of these bottles are made up of silicon which are entire different material from the natural breast which can trigger the baby to refuse breastfeeding prematurely.
Additionally, as the baby struggle to suck the milk through the sprouts the inner part of the ear is pressured leading to recurrent inflammation of the ear.
The babies struggle to suck the milk which at times involves biting of the bottle that releases sugar from the milk. These sugars triggers dental carriers and even worse lead to misalignment of the jaw area.
Moreover, the tip area of baby bottles can be hard to clean well which can be habitats to harmful bacteria and disease-causing pathogens that causes the baby to contract infections or diarrhea.
A large portion of our infants are are a high risk due to baby bottles today. On the other hand, breast feeding is the perfect way to raise a baby. Breast feeding facilitates healthy growth and protects our young ones from diarrhea, infections, jaw dislocations, ear inflammation, and slow deaths.
Despite our crazy schedule and bills to pay today, can we strive to breast feed our infants for at least the first three months? There are unavoidable situations such as cases where the mother dies during birth however. It brings me back to the requirement of the MOH to mandate all the baby formula manufacturers to provide baby feeding equipment. This requirement is worth giving a shot.
Lets save our infants.
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