This week of being a nanny has been so much fun. I absolutely love when babies are learning and developing. One thing that is hard for me is the fact that their sleeping and eating patterns change so much. Both of the girls are rolling over from front to back as well as back to front. This is exciting for them. I am learning that kids develop at different times and watching this with twins has been really fun to watch. I have recently been learning more and more about the importance of breastfeeding as well as breast pumps. Breastfeeding provides numerous benefits for the baby as well as the mother. During breastfeeding there is a hormone called prolactin, which creates a calming effect and helps to maintain milk production. On one of the sites I found, it said that breastfed infants are less susceptible to illness and tend to recover sooner than formula fed babies. Mothers who breastfeed tend to have less of a likelihood of things like ovarian cancer. http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/food/infants/breast_bottle_feeding.html
http://rehydrate.org/breastfeed/index.html. These websites are credible and have much information about breastfeeding vs. formula feeding. There are some reasons that women cannot breastfeed, and they will turn out just fine, but in general a baby who has been breastfed tends to have a few more benefits. In looking through all of these sites, I have found that breastfeeding tends to have greater benefits for the mother as well as the baby, but in one of my classes my Professor says it really doesn't matter, so I am at a loss. I have learned a lot and I think that every parent should look into sites like these to better take care of themselves as well as their child.