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World Breast Feeding Week

[1st to 7th August]

Important information all parents should know

1. Like all mothers you can successfully breastfeed your baby, which is the most natural way to feed babies.

2. Mother’s milk is complete nutrition for the baby for first 6 months and your child should be exclusively breastfed during this period of time. No other milk, food, drink or even water is required.

3. Your baby should be breastfed immediately after birth preferably within 1/2 to 1 hour of birth.

4. Your baby should be breastfed unrestrictedly and on demand.

5. Your baby must be given Colostrum - the first yellowish mother’s milk during the first 2-3 days after birth.

6. Nothing should be given before the first breastfeed.

7. No pacifiers should be given to the baby.

8. You can continue breastfeeding during your sickness without any harm to the baby and yourself.

9. You should continue breastfeeding for two years or beyond.

10. Bottle-feeding is not necessary and even harmful for your baby. It is the leading cause of loose stools in babies.

11. Solid foods should be introduced only after 6 months of age.

12. Home-made, family food is better than commercial food for your baby.

13. Commercially available powder milks are always inferior to mother’s milk.

Benefits your baby enjoys:

Breastfeeding provides numerous benefits to your baby which are as follows -

¥ Breastmilk contains adequate calories and provides the right kind of proteins, fats, lactose, vitamins, iron, minerals, water and enzymes in the amounts necessary for your baby.

¥ Breastmilk contains iron, water soluble Vitamin D, Vitamin A, C and E more than cow’s milk.

¥ Breastmilk is clean, free from bacteria and has anti-

infective properties.

¥ It also contains substances which prevent harmful bacteria from growing in intestines and causing loose stools.

¥ It is ready to serve when the baby wants it, needs no preparation and it has the right temperature.

¥ It is economical and free from contamination.

¥ Breastfeeding enhances the emotional bond between the child and the mother and provides warmth, love and affection and is more than food.

¥ Breastfeeding protects the child against several infections including respiratory infections.

¥ Breastfed babies are less prone to have diabetes, heart diseases, eczema, asthma and other allergic disorders later in life.

¥ Breastfed babies have been shown to have a higher IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and develop better mathematical abilities than infants who are not breastfed.

¥ Breastfeeding enhances brain development. There is better visual development and visual acuity leading to learning readiness.

Benefits you enjoy as a mother:

¥ It reduces post-delivery bleeding and chances of anaemia.

¥ Obesity is less common among breastfeeding mothers as it helps the mother regain her normal figure.

¥ It has a contraceptive effect .

¥ It has a protective effect against breast and ovarian cancers.

¥ If you exclusively breastfeed your baby, you will have better adjustment with your baby.

Benefits the society enjoys:

Breastfeeding lowers health-care costs by reducing illness and deaths of children under five years of age and thus reduces the strain on the family budget.

It helps in reducing absenteism of mothers from work as exclusively breastfed children are less prone to diseases.Thus, it will prove less costly to the employer.

Reference : www.bpni.org

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Jim Corbett

Birthday : 25th July 1875

Jim Corbett was born as Edward James Corbett, on 25th July 1875, in Nainital, near the Kumaon foothills of the Himalayas, in the United Provinces (now in Uttarakhand). Since a very tender age, he developed a love for the forests and their wildlife, especially those around his home in Kaladhungi.

Major Works
Tiger Hunts: Initially, Jim Corbett indulged in regular hunting and fishing. However, with time, he started shooting the big game with camera, rather than rifles. As his love for wildlife photography grew, he vowed never to shoot tigers and leopards unless they turned man-eater or threatened cattle. His sole companion was a small dog named Robin, about whom we see much information in his first book 'The Maneaters of Kumaon'. He has shot 19 Tigers and 14 Leopards i.e. he has a total of 33 recorded and documented kills.
Conservationist: Apart from being a renowned hunter, Jim Corbett is also known for being a pioneer conservationist. He was constantly engaged in giving lectures at local schools and societies, to make people aware of the necessity to conserve natural beauty, including forests and their wildlife. He helped create the Association for the Preservation of Game in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), and the All-India Conference for the Preservation of Wild Life. Jim also helped create Hailey National Park, which was later renamed in his honor.

Books by Jim Corbett

Man Eaters of Kumaon, The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon, The Jim Corbett Omnibus, My India, Jungle Lore, Tree Tops , More Man-Eaters of Kumaon , My Kumaon: Uncollected Writings

Accolades

Jim Corbetts Man-eaters of kumaon was translated in more than 27 languages.

The national park in Uttarakhand, India was renamed, as 'Jim Corbett National Park', in his honor in 1957.
The Indochinese Tiger, an endangered subspecies of tigers, was named after him as Corbetts tiger, in the year of 1968.
In 1948, his famous book Man-Eaters of Kumaon was adapted into a Hollywood movie by director Byron Haskin.
Other adaptations include BBCs documentary-drama called the Man-eaters of India in 1986. A TV movie was also produced, inspired from The Man-Eating leopard of Rudraprayag, in the year of 2005.

Later Life & Death
After the independence of India, in 1947, Jim Corbett went to Nyeri, Kenya only. On 19th April 1955, a few days after writing his sixth book 'Tree Tops', Jim died of a heart attack.

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A story telling session for toddlers was held on Saturday, 20th August at 4 p.m. The kids had a great time enjoying stories with props. We received a very positive feedback from all parents. More of such sessions will be held in future.

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