Breastfeeding makes your baby smarter

Breastfeeding your babies can help them achieve educational success after 10 years of age, new research suggests.

Researchers found that children who were breastfed at least for six months do better in math, reading, writing and spelling. The effect is most pronounced in boys.

It is believed that the relationship that builds between mother and baby during breastfeeding may mean that women are more cautious and more willing to support their children at a later stage of their lives.

Boys are more responsive to human attention, which explains why breastfeeding has a greater effect on them.

The authors of the study, also argue that breast milk may have substances that help the brain to develop.

This effect may be more pronounced in boys, since they lack female hormones that are known that protect the brain.