One of most important tasks of all parents is care about strengthening their children's immunity because immunity is the base of human health throughout the whole life from birth to decay.
In order to find out how to develop and strengthen child's body defences it is necessary to know nature and mechanisms of immunity. Immunity is the ability of body to effectively resist the action of foreign microorganisms, for example, viruses and bacteria that cause infectious diseases.
There are two types of immunity:
- specific immunity that develops after past diseases, for example, rubella or measles. This immunity type may be developed for the whole life or for some time depending on the disease.
- non-specific immunity that develops in a baby during pregnancy.
From mother's breast milk child gets antibodies to infectious disease which mother had. It means that child on breast feeding has passive immunity and this is very important in first months of life because in this period proper immune system only starts working.
Therefore, when mother gets cold she needs to continue to feed child with her breast to give antibodies to baby. WHO recommends to feed baby up to two years or even more. Growth factors presented solely in female milk help baby's immune system develop normally.
Bifidus factor and lactoferrin presented in mother's milk do increase healthy bifido and lactic bacteria in bowels and reduce growth of pathogenic flora which strengthens child's immunity and lowers liability to colds. Breast feeding cannot 100% guarantee no diseases, but healthy gastrointestinal tract and calm emotional atmosphere in family lower likelihood of getting sick.
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