For a newborn baby, breastfeeding is essential, which is also the nutrition the baby needs, which is very good for the baby's health. Children need breast milk, and drinking breast milk is good for children's health and helps children grow up healthily. Colostrum will play a very good role in the health of the baby. It is invaluable for the health of the newborn and cannot be replaced by any food. What do you need to know about the nutritional value of colostrum? Let's take a look with me below.

The Preciousness of Colostrum
Within 7 days after giving birth, the milk secreted by new mothers is pale yellow and viscous in texture, which is "colostrum". Milk from days 8 to 14 is called transitional milk, and after two weeks it is mature milk.
Protein content is high, about 10%, while mature milk contains only 1%. It is rich in antibodies, especially secreted immunoglobulin A (SIgA), but also contains lactoferrin and more lysozyme and antibacterial factors.
Provide your baby with more specific nutrients such as: zinc and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are more abundant in colostrum than in mature milk. Colostrum contains less fat and lactose than mature milk, adapting to the newborn's ability to digest fat and sugar.
Colostrum is a good food for newborn babies
Colostrum contains all the nutrients of mature milk, giving your baby all the nutrients it needs to grow and develop. At the same time, colostrum also contains a large number of immune active substances that are insufficient in mature milk, which can help the baby resist the invasion of diseases.
1. Colostrum is rich in a variety of immune active substances, which are very important for the baby to resist infection and establish the primary immune system
Antibody: The antibody in breast milk mainly exists in colostrum, which is mainly secreted The immunoglobulin SIgA, which accounts for about 90% of the immunoglobulin in colostrum, can enhance the baby's resistance, especially inhibit the suppuration of the skin. Staphylococcus growth can also kill the pathogenic bacteria that cause tonsillitis and bronchitis.
Lactoferrin: Colostrum is rich in lactoferrin, which has broad-spectrum defense against bacteria and viruses.
Complement: Colostrum contains more complement. Complement has a role in helping degrade bacteria.
Other anti-infective substances: Colostrum contains high fibronectin, beta-carotene and other substances with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
2. Colostrum can improve intelligence and vision
3. Colostrum can relieve the special symptoms of newborns
Colostrum can help clear the meconium of newborns, reduce the occurrence of physiological jaundice and physiological weight loss in infants.

4. Early breastfeeding promotes lactation and successful breastfeeding

The amount of colostrum is small, and the newborn should suck frequently. Lay a good foundation for future breastfeeding.
Through the above introduction, do you have a comprehensive understanding of your child's colostrum? For children's colostrum, be sure to pay attention to know more about the nutrients in it. For the healthy growth of the child, the first mouth needs to be breastfed, so as to help the child grow up healthily. Colostrum is the first food for newborns to come into the world, and it is also a precious gift from mothers to babies. Finally, I hope that everyone will take preventive measures and lay a good foundation for the health of children.