Nice abstract of study from Acta Peds:

[Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) show some forms of 
developmental delay throughout paediatric age, and up to adolescence. The 
positive effect of breastfeeding on development, observed in most studies 
on healthy, term infants, seems to be further stressed in the group of SGA 
infants, particularly if breastfeeding is protracted. Besides the close 
maternal–infant contact of breastfeeding, the nutritional factors of human 
milk, above all long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, including 
docosahexaenoic acid, may at least partly account for the observed 
association. Conclusion: SGA infants represent a high-risk group, not only 
for developmental delay, but also for long-term, unfavourable metabolic 
consequences. Breastfeeding and human milk quality together could help to 
prevent some of the neurological and metabolic sequelae of being born 
growth retarded.]

Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC, RLC

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