The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof Wale Oke has called on men to stop competing with their babies to suck their wives’ breasts. Oke who spoke at the World Breastfeeding Week WBW, which was organised by LASUTH Community Health Department in conjunction with the hospital’s Pediatrics, urged his fellow men to allow their babies to enjoy their natural meal.
He outlined bonding between mother and child, natural family mechanism as well as prevention of bone diseases, breast and ovarian cancers in breastfeeding mothers as some benefits of breast-feeding. The First Lady of Lagos State, Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode on her part, urged mothers to breastfeed their babies exclusively for six months so that they can be healthy and be immune against childhood diseases.
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