A healthy future starts with the first step in nurturing a baby in one of his most delicate stages in life which is the first 1000 days. It is considered as the "golden window of opportunity" that sets the stage for the holistic development of a child. These 1000 days are vital that embrace important aspects of a child -emotional, psychological, mental and physical aspects.
The first 1000 days of each child must be nourished and nurtured with the love of his parents so that he can achieve a bright and prosperous future. A baby's soft cry may be sweetly rhapsodizing a home, but may also mean a cry for attention from those people around, especially the parents who are willing to offer anything and everything just to comfort him.
A baby's future health lies on the hands of the parents. Every parent, whatever his status in life is, has one aspiration for his child -- to give the best beginning of life a child could ever have. It is a noble parental opportunity that must begin on the very first day of a baby.
A mother putting the best interest of her child her topmost priority is setting every possible way to give the best nutrition she can offer to her baby. As a parent, she should breastfeed her child to give him the most essential nutrient a baby could have. During the 6 months until the 2nd birthday of the child, nutritious complementary foods should be introduced to address the increased nutritional needs and open up an early healthy childhood stage.
Extremely significant for a child is his safety through immunization from infancy until toddlerhood. All of these integral factors and relative aspects for a child's complete nutrition determine a healthy individual who will shape his destiny.
Translating knowledge into real life actions must happen. We must raise awareness on how significant proper breastfeeding and nutrition are for the overall development of babies. I believe that we can make a huge difference in the world if and only if we have unity and hope. Every child deserves a good start so let us inspire world leaders to finally start taking actions so that every child would have a healthy future..
