breast feeding
Mother's milk provision
Breast feeding is nourishing an infant with milk from the mother's breast rather than from a bottle.
The practice involves the baby latching onto the nipple to suckle.
Also spelled as one word: breastfeeding.
The verb forms are breast-feed or breastfeed: She breastfed both her children.
- nippleMammary projection
- nipple shieldProtective breastfeeding cover
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- milk supplyAvailable dairy quantity
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- breastsnipple, nipples, areola, mammary gland, bust
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, nibbling, munching
- baby itemspacifier, teething ring, baby blanket, stroller, high chair
- eating habitsvegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, pescatarian
infant feeding method
breast feedingbottle feeding
Nourishing infants via container
formula feeding · infant formula · formula · baby formula · soy formula
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