News for the soul — healthy baby

”Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is crucial for the health of our planet and its people.”

Did you know that less than half of the world’s babies are breastfed? The world breastfeeding week aims to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding. Now of course there are cases where breastfeeding is difficult or maybe not even possible for a mum and/or a baby, but there are many incidences where this is not the case but still breastfeeding is not happening. Why is this? Is it the power of advertising of the formula companies? Is it inconvenience? What is it?