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Istilah-istilah “Breastfeeding”
Saya ingin berkongsi istilah-istilah “breastfeeding” menurut WHO.
WHO breastfeeding terminology:
Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Requires that the infant receive breast milk (including milk expressed or from wet nurse)
- Allows the infant to receive drops, syrups (vitamins, minerals, medicines)
- Does not allow the infant to receive anything else
Predominant Breastfeeding
- Requires that the infant receive breast milk (including milk expressed or from wet nurse) as the predominant source of nourishment
- Allows the infant to receive liquids (water, and water-based drinks, fruit, juice, oral rehydration solution), ritual fluids and drops or syrups (vitamins, minerals, medicines)
- Does not allow the infant to receive anything else (in particular non-human milk, food-based fluids)
Complementary Feeding
- Requires that the infant receive breast milk and solid or semi-solid foods
- Allows the infant to receive any food or liquid including non-human milk
Breastfeeding
- Requires that the infant receive breast milk
- Allows the infant to receive any food or liquid including non-human milk
Bottle-Feeding
- Requires that the infant receive any liquid or semi-solid food from a bottle with nipple/teat
- Allows the infant to receive breast milk by bottle
Exclusive and predominant breastfeeding categories together constitue “full breastfeeding.”