Often times, supplementing is meant to benefit the baby when they are struggling with excessive weight loss, refusal to nurse, low milk supply, excessive nipple trauma, separation and hospitalization. (milkontap.com)
The statistics are harrowing: 10 to 25 percent of exclusively breast - fed babies experience excessive weight loss in the first days of life; 10 to 18 percent of exclusively breast - fed babies experience starvation jaundice from insufficient milk; and 10 percent of exclusively breast - fed babies experience levels of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which can be associated with developmental complications. (slate.com)
We have guided mothers in supplementing their babies in the first days of life to prevent excessive weight loss and hospitalization who have gone on to safely and exclusively breastfeed, in both the developed and developing world. (fedisbest.org)