Good breastfeeding practices include:

• initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth,
• exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and
• introducing healthy nourishing foods while continuing to breastfeed thereafter

Good breastfeeding practices:

• Save children's lives
• Prevent killer diseases during childhood
• Improve IQ levels of children, as well as makes them more emotionally secure
• Strengthen family bonds
• Protect children against high blood pressure, cardiac