What does breast milk taste like? It tastes sweet.

Breast milk is the most suitable food for babies. Many people are very curious about what breast milk tastes like. In fact, breast milk tastes sweet.

Netizen candy: Breast milk should have a light sweet taste. After being placed in the refrigerator, it will be very fishy, ​​and babies still prefer this fishy smell. If the breast milk tastes a bit salty, then there must be inflammation of the mammary duct, which needs to be unblocked, otherwise it will cause mastitis.

Netizen isaactse: Breast milk is sweet, and tastes a little like condensed milk, but not every mother's milk is the same. For example, if you eat curry, your milk will taste like curry, and if you eat onions, your milk will taste like onions, so breastfeeding mothers should be careful in choosing food.

Netizen LUOJUAN: I think breast milk has a slightly fishy smell and is slightly sweet. Overall, it has a light taste!

Netizen Taotao’s mom: It’s very light and sweet, not thick, and seems very watery. It’s not as fragrant as milk and milk powder, but I don’t know why my baby likes it so much.

Netizen mzw76: It's sweet and mellow. It doesn't have much taste at first, but when you taste it carefully, you can find a light milky aroma similar to pure milk.

Breast milk is the most natural, safest and most complete natural food for infants. It contains all the nutrients and antibodies that infants need for growth. In particular, breast milk contains 50% fat. In addition to providing calories for the baby's body, it also satisfies the fat required for the baby's brain development (60% of the brain structure comes from fat); rich calcium and phosphorus can make the baby grow taller and stronger; immunoglobulins can effectively prevent and protect infants from infection and chronic diseases; bifidobacterium and oligosaccharides can inhibit the proliferation of intestinal bacteria and help digestion. In addition, the close contact and parent-child relationship of breastfeeding can stimulate the baby's brain and mental development.

The main reasons why some mothers give up breastfeeding are: lack of milk, worry that the baby is not full or not nutritious enough, the baby refuses to suck or feels pain when sucking, lack of physical strength, sore or broken nipples, swollen and painful breasts, inconvenience in going to work, etc.

The "quality" of mother's milk is different at different stages. Finding high-quality breast milk is very necessary to meet the baby's needs and keep the baby healthy!

According to the different time after delivery, some people divide breast milk into colostrum, transitional milk, mature milk and late milk. Among them, colostrum and mature milk are the most important and also the source of high-quality breast milk.

Colostrum refers to the milk produced in the first few days after delivery. It is thick and yellowish, contains less fat, but more immune substances such as globulin, antibodies, trace elements, calcium, phosphorus, and white blood cells. It is more resistant to diseases than breast milk produced at other times and is very important for the development and resistance to infection of newborns. Therefore, we emphasize "early breastfeeding", that is, the earlier the better.

Mature milk is the milk secreted from the 7th day to the 9th month after delivery. At this time, the various components of breast milk are relatively fixed, with the ratio of protein, fat and sugar being 1:3:6.

The breast milk between colostrum and mature milk is called transitional milk. This period is very short, but the breast milk at this stage contains the highest fat, while protein and minerals gradually decrease. Breast milk after 9 months is late milk, and the content of various components in late milk decreases, and the secretion volume decreases. Transitional milk and late milk are not as rich in nutrients as colostrum and mature milk, which are two relatively high-quality breast milks. Therefore, mothers should feed nutritious complementary foods while feeding transitional milk and late milk to balance the nutrients needed by the baby.

The 55th World Health Assembly clearly stated: "Breastfeeding is the best food for newborns from birth to 2 years old, which helps to enhance the child's resistance and reduce the occurrence of diseases."

Therefore, from 0 to 2 years old, breast milk is the best food for babies!