I like to gather information about the benefits of breastfeeding, to see if I encourage more mothers to decide to breastfeed.
Through the Breastfeeding blog I have reached an article written by Dr. Juan S. Morales Hurtado, who reminds us of a very important aspect of breastfeeding which is not known much, the dentist, since helps mature the baby's masticatory and respiratory function.
The newborn is programmed to suck, a reflex that is already practiced inside the uterus. The shape of the baby's jaw, the direction in which the muscles involved are arranged and the absence of teeth favor the forward and backward jaw movements. Everything is arranged so that the most natural thing for him is to suck his mother's chest.
That jaw training that the baby does with the forward and backward movements allows you to prepare your chewing muscles and your entire system that you will need to have ready when your first teeth appear.
Therefore, the specialist can say that "breastfeeding is the best preparation for proper chewing in the future."
In turn, although it may seem to mothers that the baby is going to drown in the tit, babies exercise the physiological nasal breathing circuit by breathing through the nose while they are breastfed. An adequate nasal breathing will allow a correct craniofacial development of the child.
In addition, when breastfeeding they exercise coordination by breathing, sucking and swallowing in a rhythmic way, without having to let go of their mother's chest.
They will say that with the bottle the muscles are exercised in the same way, but not. Breastfeeding also provides other advantages that no nipple can supplant. I will apologize for the comparison, but saving the distances would be like training on a stationary bike having a beautiful meadow next to home.
