Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Wale Oke has urged men to stop competing with their babies to suck the wives’ breast.
Oke enjoined the men to allow their babies to enjoy their natural meal.
Prof. Wale Oke on thursday said this at a program organised by LASUTH Community Health Department in conjunction with the hospital’s Pediatrics for the commemoration of the Worlds Breastfeeding Week.
While mentioning the enormous benefits of breastfeeding to womanhood, “When a mother breastfeeds her baby, it creates bond between them. It is also a natural family mechanism as mothers cannot get pregnant. Breastfeeding mothers do not have bone diseases, breast and ovarian cancers.” he said.
Oke said the state has created an enabling environment for mothers with its policies to work and still feed their babies.
“Working and breastfeeding can go together if mothers try because it is necessary to have healthy babies,” he said.
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode represented by the Permanent Secretary of the state’s Civil Service Pension Office, Mrs Ademola Olabowale, said medical science has made it known that breast supplies basic nutrients to newborns, adding that the breast milk remains the most important protein for babies’ growth
This, according to her, will prevent babies from coming down with childhood diseases, such as cough, diarrhea and catarrh, among others suggesting that breastfeeding should at list be exclusive to babies for six months.
In a bid to encourage working class women never to default on breastfeeding their babies, Mrs Ambode said “It is a known fact that many of our working class nursing mothers face a lot of challenges combining breastfeeding with work either at their work setting or at home. They tend to stop breastfeeding very early in the life of their babies, thus losing the dual benefits breastfeeding provides for both mother and child,”
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