A recent meta analysis shows that exclusive breastfeeding protects infants from SIDS. This is a benefit of breastfeeding that many new parents are unaware of. In my most recent class I taught to expecting parents nobody had heard of this. Check out the actual article in the Journal Pediatrics: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/06/08/peds.2010-3000
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