Will Formula Feeding Harm My Baby?

Will Formula Feeding Harm My Baby?

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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  • SocialistBetty
    Please take UNnotes

    ......We can now see things that no one else can such as name calling and apologies.
    Share with the class you so desperately want to take notes?

    Every day is a new day. You will either live or die. Who wants coffee ? Half and half?

    Statistics - which calculate "risk" - do not tell us the "who" in the "dead" part. That comes after the fact.

    Hindsight being 20/20.... it's still only a 50% chance I'll live. In every second, even. Second to second. Once it over... then it's 100% success. I've lived another 20 seconds.... yes!. I did not drop dead. I am not that small small percentage of people who die from brain aneurysm. My heart did not stop beating from .... stuff my tiredness doesn't want me to think of right now. stuff. In any given moment, it's always 50/50 because science will never tell us the who... only the how many and IF (which is really just speculation). And after I'm dead... they'll go "Well, you know... considering this n this n this n this... she should have died 2 years ago!" or "Well her chances were increased."

    Chance is not fact until it happens. If my aunt is schizophrenic that doesn't mean I'm schizophrenic until I am. ....Weird sentence, I'm aware. It may be more likely to occur.... but I am still either schizophrenic or not.




    - SocialistBettyUS March 21, 2009 2:58AM

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