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When you have a crisis such as occurred because of the Haiti Earthquake, the mothers who were breast feeding their babies did not have the difficulties found by other mothers. No matter how the mother is able to eat herself, she is always able to nourish the child. The breastfeeding also helps the baby build immunity. Baby safety was definitely aided by breastfeeding.
Mothers who were not breast feeding their baby, or mothers who stopped lactating after the earthquake, had very few solutions for the baby. There was no milk, there was no clean water for powdered milk and they were not able to sterilize the bottles. In some cases they tried to feed them foods that the baby was not yet able to digest.