Breastfeeding and psychomotor developement

Abstract

Aims: To determine the benefits of breastfeeding during the first six months of life in the psychomotor development of children, showing how the components in breast milk help generate this. On average, levels reach 43% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding at the end of this period.

Methods: In Barros Luco Tudreau Hospital, in San Miguel, Santiago, 10 infants were followed up for 5 years since birth. We selected five mothers who practiced breastfeeding until the sixth month of life for their children, and other 5 mothers who, breastfed until the third month. We analyzed the composition of breast milk and found that one of the mothers did not present lacoteferrin due to a mutation. Subsequently, tracking each child with controls every 3 months, subjecting them to various tests to assess psychomotor development.

Results: The children of the 5 mothers who practiced breastfeeding during the first six months, had a higher psychomotor development than children of mothers who stopped breastfeeding in the third month, measured by the test TEPSI (91.2% approval in infants upto six months of breasfeeding, and 50.5% in children who did not meet breastfeeding in this period). In the case of the mother that no present lactoferrin, her son developed autism.

Conclusions: These results suggest that breastfeeding in the first six months of life make a big difference in the psychomotor development of children, which is very important for the development of various activities. And lactoferrin is a major component in this process.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, lactoferrin, psychomotor development, children.

Importance of maternal breastfeeding

Outline

Aims: Show how important maternal breastfeeding is in the growth and development of children during the first months of life, and its effects on mother-child relationship (affective linkages and psychomotor development).

Purpose: Levels of maternal breastfeeding in the last century did not exceed 5% of the population.

Main issues:

• Composition of breast milk.

• Advantages of maternal breastfeeding to:

-          New born.

-          Mother.

•  Exposition of the UNICEF/WHO programme “Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative” (BFHI), from 1992.

• Ten steps to successful breastfeeding in all maternity wards.

Conclusions:

•  Why is important to know this?

• Show a UNICEF advertisement about this topic.

Talking about my life

My name is Daniel Adrián Conei Valencia. I’m 19 years old and this year I began studying Midwifery at Universidad de Chile. I have lived in Santiago de Chile since I was born, specifically in San Ramón. My father is a carpenter and my mother is a housewife. I have 2 brothers. My elder brother is 26 years old and he studies History and Geography, and my other brother is 20 years old and he studies Gastronomy.
Sometimes, I work with my father. He usually makes furniture of all kinds, and from time to time I assist him and he pays me some money... Nothing is free, as we say in the neighborhood.

I love animals. I have 2 dogs, 2 cats and a rabbit. In fact, when I was a child I wanted to study veterinary medicine, but now my thoughts have changed and I'm studying this.

I listen to all kinds of music. Punk rock, hard rock, jazz, folk, blues, cumbia… A little of everything. I have played the bass for 5 years and I started a band 4 years ago. I play this musical instrument because I love its sound. It has a special snoring, very low, and with a wonderful ring. Also, when I play bass, I express all my inner life, my emotions and feelings.

Finally, here is a video of my band ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478-jkEVxfE