A hospital based study of knowledge and attitude of expectant fathers

"Breast-feeding is acknowledged to be the optimal way both of feeding and caring for young infants (Baumslag, 1995). Human breast milk provides the ideal food for the human infant." Breast milk contains the right mixture of protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and minerals to provide ideal nutrition for the baby, and alone, without any supplementation (not even water), provides the ideal complete diet for the first six months of life (Jellify and Jellify, 1989). Then, after other foods are introduced, it will continue for another year, or more, to supply important nutrients. But besides its value as a nutritious constituents such as antibodies, lysozyme, lactoferrin, macrophages, leukocytes and lymphocytes, and also others not normally considered of dietary importance but of great importance to the health of the infant (Lawrence, 1994). It may also contain nutrients yet to be discovered or chemically isolated.