Breast milk is best for your baby

Breastfeeding is the best nutrition for healthy growth and development of babies. Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is the optimal way of feeding infants. Thereafter infants should receive complementary foods with continued breastfeeding up to two years or beyond. Good maternal nutrition helps sustain an adequate supply and quality of breast milk. Unnecessary introduction of bottle feeding, partially or fully, or of other complementary foods and drinks may have a negative impact on breastfeeding, which may be irreversible. Consult your doctor and consider the social and financial implications before deciding to use breast milk substitutes or if you have difficulty breastfeeding. Follow usage, preparation and storage instructions of breast milk substitutes or of other complementary foods and drinks carefully as improper or unnecessary use may pose a health hazard.

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To Kids, There's No School Like Nature

What nature teaches kids is above and beyond what they can learn in books or in school. More often than not, experiences in nature offer new perspectives to what a child already knows as the lessons are multi-dimensional and multi-sensorial, covering aspects of physical, mental and emotional learning. What’s more, there is so much a child can benefit from just being out and about in nature!

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