Uran-Erdene is a healthy and joyful
11-month year old girl. With her two little ponytails and chubby cheeks, she
bounces back and forth between her parents laps. She is the youngest of three
girls and, according to her mother Sarantugs, she is also the healthiest.
Sarantugs believes this is because she exclusively breastfed Uran-Erdene for
six months after birth.
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Uran-Erdene's happy when breastfeeding
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“I was only 22 when I had my first
child,” Sarantugs says. “I was inexperienced and believed the TV adverts about
infant formula, so I fed her breast milk substitute almost immediately after
birth. At the time, she looked chubby and seemed healthy, so I thought I was
doing the right thing. Now I know that infant formula cannot replace breast
milk.”
