When a mother has her new child, she faces a tough decision: breastfeed or formula feed? Perhaps a combination of both? Many mothers have reservations about breastfeeding because of the time commitment and concerns over producing enough milk, but also fear that formula feeding could impact their baby's health. Are these fears warranted, or is formula feeding a safe and effective alternative to the natural method?
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Formula Circumvents Nature's Plan
Formula feed or breast feed
My wife formula fed our oldest who is soon to be seven. She tried to breastfeed but our son would not latch on and she was in a lot of pain from her c-section. Our second son she supplemented with breastmilk because she did not produce enough milk to feed him. A friend of ours breastfed for a year her son and the kid was always sick. He had ear infections 2-3 times a month always had a cold. The kid was sick the whole first year of life. Our oldest was 5 before he had his first ear infection and our other son has had one when he had broncitics but he was 3. Just because you breastfeed does not mean you are going to have a happy healthy baby. I asked my wife's opinion on this and she is still trying to decided if she will breastfeed or formula feed our third due in 3 weeks.
- UltraConservative October 23, 2008 8:59AM
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Babies get sick That's not the only reason to breastfeed
A decision on breastfeeding shouldn't be made simply on 'the baby doesn't get as many ear infections blah blah blah' obviously breastfeeding will not MAKE the baby sick unless maybe Mommy is not getting proper nutrition. Breastfeeding involves bonding, and at 3 weeks when it hurts and you have just carried that baby for 9 months...well you hate it. But at 9 months when you work all day it is a great way to say 'Mommy's home!' When your nursing you can say goodbye to a simple night out, because unless you want to pump halfway through it just becomes a painful 'I hope my kid is hungry night' out, which might sound bad initially but actually does make it a great thing to get back to baby because you need him/her too and that is great for bonding. Its an accomplishment, not everybody CAN do it and when you do, it makes you feel good about yourself and feel like you did something great for your baby and with all the other bad choices we are going to make as moms its nice to say 'I made this good choice for my baby and I stuck it out' on those 'I feel like a lousy Mommy and what made me think I could do this' days. Finally, women who just need to stick it out or supplement a little while they are working or get some help and support or actually pick up glass after glass of water and force themselves to drink it, oh yeah say goodbye to that extra weight loss your body will not produce if its not getting enough food , are trying to use the 'I couldn't produce enough' nobody is blaming a woman who actually cannot breastfeed. Basically, make a choice and if nature takes that choice away that's not your fault. I know you've already made a decision I just wanted to point these things out because it is extremely necessary for women to have the support of their significant other and the choice to breastfeed isn't only about physical health .
- LifeFrames
May 21, 2009 12:56PM
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