RT Book, Section
A1 Fiechtner, Lauren
A1 Robinson, Alyssa
A1 Kleinman, Ronald
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182916526
T1 Breastfeeding
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182916526
RD 2024/04/23
AB All  major  national  and  international  organizations  focused  on  nutrition  and  infant  and  child  health  support  breastfeeding  to  provide  optimal  nutrition  for  healthy  full-term  infants.  The  recommended  period  of  exclusive  breastfeeding  during  which  the  infant  receives  “no  other  food  or  drink,  not  even  water,  except  breast  milk  (including  milk  expressed  or  from  a  wet  nurse)”—although  the  infant  can  receive  oral  rehydration  solution,  drops,  and  syrups  (vitamins,  minerals,  and  medicines)—has  been  the  subject  of  much  discussion  and  varies  from  3  to  4  months  to  6  months.  The  American  Academy  of  Pediatrics  (AAP)  recommends  that  children  be  exclusively  breastfed  for  approximately  the  first  6  months  of  life,  followed  by  continued  breastfeeding  as  complementary  foods  are  introduced  for  1  year  or  longer  as  mutually  desired  by  the  mother  and  infant.  The  World  Health  Organization’s  (WHO)  growth  standards  reflect  the  growth  of  breastfed  infants  and  are  now  commonly  used  to  plot  the  growth  of  infants  and  young  children.