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breast feed·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nursing, breast feedingnoun

    nourishing at the breast

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  1. breast feeding

    Breastfeeding is the process of feeding a baby or young infant with milk directly from a woman's breasts, rather than using infant formula. It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest solid foods.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Breast Feeding

    The nursing of an infant at the mother's breast.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of breast feeding in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of breast feeding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of breast feeding in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Salmon:

    I think people that develop breast-feeding messages, whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or state health departments, should be -- and I'm sure are -- aware of that possibility and how their messages could impact other areas of health and public health.

  2. Jessica Wardell:

    The main problem people have with breast-feeding is they sexualize breasts, so it offends them, if we could make them less taboo, breast-feeding would be much more acceptable in society.

  3. Rafaela Lamprou:

    So I asked a couple of mums who were having trouble breast-feeding if they wanted it, i started giving it away.

  4. Gideon Lack:

    Prolonged breast feeding is extremely important, the study highlights the fact that it is safe and potentially beneficial to introduce solid foods, including allergenic foods, into a baby's diet after 3 months of age.

  5. Cesar Victora:

    Breast-feeding is one of the few health and nutrition indicators for which poor countries are closer to international recommendations than rich ones.

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