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|DOI=10.1542/peds.2022-057988
|accessdate=2022-12-06
}}</ref> Human milk should be the sole source of nutrition for the first six months, however the [[Canadian Paediatric Society ]] (2013) and the [[American Academy of Pediatrics ]] (2022) recommended supplementation with Vitamin D.<ref name="cps2013" /> <ref name="aap2022" /> Complementary foods are introduced at about six months of age, but breastfeeding should continue.<ref name="cps2013" /> <ref name="aap2022" /> ==Benefits of breastfeeding==
The Canadian Paediatric Society reported that breastfeeding is associated with "improved cognitive development."<ref name="cps2013" />
The American Academy of Pediatrics reported that, as compared with formula feeding, breastfeeding reduces sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), infant and neonatal mortality, lower respiratory tract infection, severe or persistent diarrhea, otitis media, asthma, eczema, Crohn's disease, colitis, childhood and adult obesity, diabetes, and leukemia.<ref name="aap2022" />
==Contraindications to Breastfeedingbreastfeeding ==
There are certain conditions that contraindicate breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics provides a discussion of contraindications.<ref name="aap2022" />
==Circumcision impairs commencement of breastfeeding==
Neonatal [[circumcision]] is a medically unnecessary, non-therapeutic, intensely painful surgery that is carried out just the time when breastfeeding is being commenced. Circumcision causes extreme [[pain]], [[trauma]], and [[shock]], and disturbs feeding behavior.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; Task Force on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
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|title=The Assessment and Management of Acute Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents (0793)
|journal=Pediatrics
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|pubmedID=15675048
|accessdate=2022-12-07
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|last=Caplan
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|title=Breastfeeding must be given priority over circumcision
|journal=J Hum Lact
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|accessdate=2022-12-07
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