La lactancia materna como ambiente facilitador del desarrollo del niño

Abstract

During the first six months of live, breastfeeding is a desirable objective and a goal proposed by different  International Organization. Since 1990, the Health World Organization Assembly settles “ to protect and to  promote breastfeeding as a component of the polices and the health programs, so that all the babys have  the opportunity to be exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of live”. In 1994 UNICEF adopted  the concept of exclusive breastfeeding until the first four to six months of live.  The child depends on  maternal transference of nutriment bioactive and protective agents, before and after birth as well. The  transference of these products from the mother to the child takes place though the placenta before birthday  and by the “ calostro” and maternal milk after being born.  Breastfeeding gives the child many bioactive  components, and immune protection as well, direct specifically to the pathogenic agents that are present in  the child´s environment. It also favors the attachment because of the mutual mother and child´s interchange is reciprocal. Reciprocity becomes then, a feature in the mother and child relationship, as a result of the mother concert for her child.

Keywords:

lactancia materna

desarrollo cerebral

interacción social

Breastfeeding

cerebral development

social interaction

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