Saturday, December 4, 2010

Breastfeeding vs. Bottlefeeding

This article I read contains the pros and cons of breast feeding verses' bottle feeding. It had alot of information on both but, it seemed that there were more pros to breast feeding then bottle feeding. One of the points it made was " None of the important antibodies found in breast milk are found in manufactured formula, which means that formula does not provide the baby with added protection against infection and illness that breast milk does. It also emphasized that breast fed babies do not get sick as much and them having higher IQ's then bottle fed babies.
In another article I read it had information on a survey that 36,000 women who breast fed took. The results were that 33% of breast feeding mother's think that women that bottle feed are just selfish and lazy. Which I thought was horrible. I did not breast feed either of my boys because it was just not for me. Both of my sons where on the bottle from birth and there health was fine and still is. I did want to breast feed, but when it came down do actually doing it, I did not feel comfortable. Some mother's can not produce breast milk so they can breast feed there baby's. Is that being lazy or selfish? I think not, the way I look at it is I did what was comfortable for me and I got to share that bonding experience with my husband. Breast feeding or bottle feeding is the mother's decision, what ever she chooses is right for her baby is her business, after all " Mother knows Best".

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