Men should stop sucking their wife’s breast, it’s for babies – Wale Oke

Prof Wale Oke, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH has called on men to stop
competing with their babies to suck the wives' breast.

Oke urged his fellow men to allow their babies to enjoy their natural meal.
He spoke yesterday at the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). The
programme was organised by LASUTH Community Health Department in
conjunction with the hospital's Pediatrics.

According to him, the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding were many.
He said: "When a mother breastfeeds her baby, it creates bond between
them. It is also a natural family mechanism. Breast-feeding mothers do
not have bone diseases, breast and ovarian cancers".
Oke said the state had created an enabling environment for mothers
with its policies to work and still feed their babies.

"Working and breastfeeding can go together if mothers try because it
is necessary to have healthy babies," he said.
On her part, First Lady of Lagos State, Wife of Lagos State Governor,
Mrs Bolanle Ambode urged mothers to breastfeed their babies
exclusively for six months so that they can be healthy.

This, according to her, would prevent babies from coming down with
childhood diseases, such as cough, diarrhea and catarrh, among others.

Mrs Ambde, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the state's Civil
Service Pension Office, Mrs Ademola Olabowale, said medical science
had made it known that breast supplied basic nutrients to newborns,
adding that the breast milk remained the most important protein for
babies' growth.

"The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive
breastfeeding for six months, and mixed breastfeeding up to two
years," she said.

Breast milk, she said, usually helps to build the immunity for the
newborns, saying it would protect them from childhood killer diseases.