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milk, human, human milk breast milk, perfect source of nutrition, infants, breast milk contains appropriate amounts of carbohydrate, protein, fat, provides digestive enzymes, minerals, vitamins, hormones that all infants, require, breast milk contains valuable antibodies, mother, help the baby resist infections, healthy infants have adequate iron stores to last, 8 months of age, iron-rich foods, started at this age, diet, age, pediatrician, dietitian, recommend fluoride supplementation in communities where water is not fluoridated, areas, less than 0.25 p, p, m, fluoride, cow's milk by is inappropriate, infants less than 1 year old, infant, develop an allergy to dairy products, given cow's milk too early in life, cow's milk contains most, the same components, breast milk, components, in the same amounts, cow's milk also lacks the immune factors, antibodies, help protect infants, own immune system fully develops, commercially prepared formulas, non-fat cow's milk, whey protein, soy protein, provide a balanced diet, an infant, formulas must be fortified, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins, antibodies found in breast milk, never be added to formulas, breast milk production, milk is produced in small sac-like glands, in the breast, sacs develop after specific hormones, estrogen, progesterone, pituitary prolactin, placental lactogen, stimulate them, beginning, second trimester of pregnancy, human breast, does not store a large volume of milk, cows, suckling stimulates the release of a hormone, prolactin, stimulates milk production, release of another hormone, oxytocin, oxytocin, stimulates contraction", let-down reflex ", the milk glands, milk is squeezed out, the milk gland, milk ducts, nipple, beginning, the feeding, milk is bluish, contains lactose, proteins, little fat, foremilk, end, the feeding produces hindmilk, hindmilk contains more fat, main source of energy, baby, breast milk is allowed to sit, half-an-hour after expressed, "cream" separates, settles on top, the watery part, human milk isn't homogenized, process that makes the water, fat portion in milk stay blended, milk ejection reflex, mothers feel a tingling sensation, the milk begins to eject, breast due, let-down reflex, best way to monitor whether this milk-ejection reflex has begun is by watching the sucking, breathing patterns of baby, start of a feeding, a pattern, suck, suck, suck, swallow, suck, suck, suck, swallow, pattern, last up to 30 seconds, could be longer, the milk ejection reflex takes over, pattern described, gulping, one swallow, one deep breath, one swallow, one deep breath, pattern, last, 4 minutes, baby, want to nurse longer, maybe 15, 20 minutes, on this breast, get more fat, hindmilk, baby needs to fill a need, sucking, rather than watching the clock to let him nurse 10 minutes on each side, want, baby to pull away, first breast naturally, switching, breast, milk supply, established, first few days, weeks, birth of baby, nursing early, the first half-hour, on demand, 12 times per day, allows to nurse comfortably, efficiently, takes less than 1 minute, an infant to stimulate the milk ejection reflex, should feel little discomfort, pain, breast feeding appropriately, 6, 8 weeks, milk supply, adjust to baby's needs, that time, breasts, feel either too full, empty, frequent, comfortable feedings, maintain milk supply, milk supply, increase, decrease, baby's hunger, energetic sucking, milk demand, changes in milk supply, 1, 3 days after changes in milk demand, milk handling and storage, storing milk, home use, wash hands, expressing, pumping, use containers, been washed in hot, soapy water, rinsed well, always date the milk, storing it, fresh breast milk, kept at room temperature up to 10 hours, refrigerated up to 1 week, frozen milk, kept, freezer compartment inside the refrigerator, 2 weeks, separate door refrigerator/freezer up to 3, 4 months, deep freezer at constant 0 degrees, 6 months, frozen, thawed milk, refrigerated, up to 9 hours, should not be refrozen, plastic containers, the best, storing breast milk, freezing, use small, 3 ounce, containers to avoid the waste of unused portions, end, the day, refrigerated milk, frozen milk, warmed under a stream of warm tap water, never microwave breast milk, overheating destroys valuable nutrients, "hot spots", scald baby.