Long-time readers of this blog know I’m a big, big fan of encouraging, equipping, and enabling new moms to exclusively breastfeed their infants for at least six months. Here’s a summary of some of my reasons for this:
Breastfeeding now only has many, many benefits for the baby, both as a child and, later, as an adult, it also has short- and long-term benefits for the mom.
Here are some of my blogs on the benefits of breastfeeding for the child:

• Breastfeeding protects against SIDS
• Breast-feeding reduces later behavior problems
• Prolonged bottle feeding boosts kids’ obesity risk: study
• Giving baby solid foods too early linked to obesity
• Breastfed babies have better head growth and lower blood pressure
• Do Breast-Fed Baby Boys Grow Into Better Students?
• Breast-Fed Babies Know When to Say When — May Prevent Obesity Later
• Six months of breast milk best for babies
• Two Amazing Studies Reveal Unexpected Longterm Benefits for Breastfed Babies

Here are some of my blogs on the benefits of breast feeding for the mom:

• Breastfeeding May Lower Moms’ Diabetes Risk
• Breastfeeding offers women long-term protection against metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cancer, and osteoporosis
• Amazing new study suggests breastfeeding may lower a mom’s risk for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease later in life