Risk premiums, embargoes, dismissals, unemployment, cuts ... We are tired of hearing on the news every day to talk about the crisis, always associated with negative elements. Or almost. Why the crisis is motivating more women to breastfeed their babies.
This is not the most important reason to opt for breastfeeding, but this way of feeding the baby saves money in families, in companies and in the State, which has made at least many mothers inclined to breastfeed. Your babies
Economic problems and female unemployment resulting from the crisis have become allies of breastfeeding and more and more women are choosing to breastfeed their babies, either because of the high price of artificial milk or because they are unemployed have of more time, which has also extended the period of breastfeeding.
Further, more women pump their milk for storage and be able to give it to your baby longer, in case they return to work. Everything in Spain has doubled the number of mothers who breastfeed their children for six months as recommended by the World Health Organization.
But it can also be explained by the work of associations for breastfeeding and information campaigns that support the decision to feed the baby naturally, or teach that the return to work and breastfeeding are not incompatible.
In any case, it is not only in Spain where breastfeeding rates have increased. In the United States it has also been significantly increased in recent years. In a country that has not suffered so much from the ravages of the crisis, this increase in mothers who breastfeed their babies is explained by the best information and awareness of these.
They also have to do with the improvement programs introduced in hospitals (campaigns, training of professionals ...), a work that is also done in Spain and other countries and that also have to do with these good national data. Therefore, hopefully without crisis this work will continue to take effect, and more and more families will join the healthiest for the little ones without having to look at the pocket.
In any case, breastfeeding saves more than 600 euros a year, because that calculation is a few years ago, and as prices are today we could add a couple of hundred euros more.
An amount not negligible for family pockets. Yes, besides we are giving the best to the baby, What else can we ask for? Well, yes, to refer this crisis in everything else ...
