Nursing Mother’s Diet

In order to produce enough milk for adequate growth of the baby, you must eat a little extra of whatever you eat routinely. This is important to maintain your health as well. A little additional helping of food including green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish, and meat should suffice. Over eating must however be avoided. Many mothers hesitate to breast feed their babies because they think they are very weak. Remember that even malnourished mothers are able to breast feed their babies for the first 4 to 6 months. This no doubt puts extra strain on their vulnerable bodies, depriving them of calcium and proteins. The answer lies not avoiding breast feeding buy in improving their own nutrition. Nursing mothers must avoid alcohol and smoking. You can see numerous mothers who regretted terribly that they had smoked and perhaps drunk during pregnancy and after birth of the baby. I am sure that there will not be even a single woman who would have regretted in not having indulged in such activity. Nursing mothers should remember very spicy foods such as chillies and flavoured foods may cause a sort of smell in the milk that the baby finds annoying. These may also upset his tummy. So avoid such food.