Exclusive breast feeding means the baby has

no other food or drink other than mothers

milk.
Colostrum acts as first immunisation.
Reduced risk of obesity in mother.
Ensures the baby with emotional steability
due to close contact with mother.
Reduces the risk of breast and ovarian canser.

A mother must feel good about the feeding
and must be confident.
The best food for a low birth weight baby is
his own mothers milk
Exclusive breast feeding for the first four to six
months of a baby and extended breast feeding
in the second year of life is ideal.