Scientists have found an intelligence-boosting gene in newborn babies which explains why breastfeeding can raise a child's IQ.
Research shows babies given mothers' milk have around an extra seven points on their average IQ score.


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so whats why im a little speshul...

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Seriously tho, we did some work about b/f the other week and while doing it i found quite a few pieces of work saying this... is it something to do with omega 3? (or have i just made that up)...

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They said all this and then a little piece of research comes out and gets heavily published in the media and bang thats it-you bang your head against a brick wall, we've always told women about asthma and other allergies it helps prevent then all of a sudden they publish rotten stuff about it, no wonder women in this country quite happily take it or leave it.
But the bigger IQ mmm sceptical because I think its the higher socioeconomic classes that tend to breastfeed as opposed to the class IV, just my opinion x

I also read this...

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You see it alot, you really want them to breastfeed but at the end of the day its a viscious circle isn't it? I have to be realistic when I'm discussing breastfeeding with them, but how can I tell a woman, that her child may end up more intellectual than its siblings if its breastfed?, It will have noo allergies and get out of the deprivation cycle, TBH I'm just happy if they're happy, then its all good, maybe I should have more of a pro approach which in some respects I do, but....

I believe that if someone doesnt want to b/f then they wont... When i had my children i didnt b/f and i dont think anything would have changed my mind, i just didnt want to do it, it was my personal choice.
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exactly, I wasn't breastfed cos my mum felt bullied by nasty mw lol, however I do wish I had a higher IQ than a cow and gate one lol x

lol, me too!!...although i think i have a sma IQ, dont know if thats any better than a cow and gate one...lol

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