<![CDATA[The benefits of breastfeeding are well established, so that in 2001 WHO has revised global recommendation on exclusive breastfeeding that mothers should exclusively breastfeed their children until 6 months old (the old recommendation was previously 4 months). After that, to fulfill the babies need on nutrition, babies are given complementary feeding while breastfeed should be continued until 2 years. Six months exclusive breastfeeding will reduce infant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In Indonesia, although exclusive breastfeeding for 6 month has been implemented by Ministry of Health, it is only 1% of the mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies for 6 months. In Vietnam, children who were exclusively breastfed for less than 3 months got diarrhoea earlier and the prevalence of diarrhoea was greater than babies who were breastfed for more than 3 months. Complementary feeding should be given when babies are 6 months old. In Indonesia, however complementary feeding have already been given when the babies are just 7 days old or less. The babies got formula, honey, water, sweet water, fruits, etc. Proportion of babies aged less than 1 month receiving commercial complementary feeding was 4 ? 5 %, increasing with the increase of age. Early complementary feeding will affect the baby's health.]]>
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