WHY BREASTFEEDING ACTUALLY SAVES TIME

While it may feel like all you’re doing day in and day out is nursing your baby, breastfeeding actually ends up saving you tonnes of time in the long run.

After the first two weeks, breastfeeding moms are more rested. They get an average of 45 minutes extra sleep per night, fall asleep faster after feeds, and have better sleep quality. Once you master the art of nursing lying down, you can actually nap through feeds and won’t have to get up at all.

Breastfeeding moms have no bottles to sterilise and prepare. Breastmilk is always available, always fresh and always the perfect temperature. Because you can feed baby immediately when he gets hungry, he is calmer and cries less.

You will spend less time caring for a sick child: exclusively breastfed babies visit the doctor and hospital at least 12 times fewer than bottle-fed babies.

If you are too busy to make it to the gym, cheer up. You’re burning around 500 calories a day simply by breastfeeding. That equals about an hour of sweating in the Zumba class!