its time to come out with strong code
against formula feeds.
So, you have nothing
against formula feeding mothers, but we need to know that we're feeding our babies nasty crap, and we're very naive and being duped by the predatory formula advertising?
And to say that you're not
against formula feeding moms, just formula companies, is disingenuous at best.
Here comes this article that finally makes me feel better, that I am not a bad mom because I chose not to breastfeed and I look in the comments and find again, negetive feedback
against formula feeding.
Let me just say up front that I'm not
against all formula feeding.
Some would wonder, am
I against formula feeding?
I think another issue Julie, and don't take this as me being
against formula feeding — as I had to supplement with my middle child, is that many mistake our being extremely pro-breastfeeding for being anti-formula.
Not exact matches
I know the argument
against it - fear that
formula feeds would be diluted for the pack to last longer, cows milk being used instead of
formula.
to: «Breastfeeding could protect
against cosleeping deaths» or «
Formula feeding parents should be alerted to cosleeping risks»
I also know many stay - at - home moms who
formula fed and left the workplace to stay with their children - so the «cons»
against breastfeeding are «cons about having children» but not cons
against breastfeeding.
Growth charts are different for babies that are breastfed vs. those who are
formula fed, so you want to make sure your pediatrician is monitoring your baby's development
against the correct chart.
When he was six weeks old, I started a
feeding diary to plot the quantities of
formula he was receiving
against the number of breastfeeds per day.
My
formula -
fed 16 - month - old is a very bright, active child who has not had ear infections or any other health concerns that breast milk is supposed to guard
against.
I had to literally fight with the hospital just to
feed my child properly and I had to keep my eye on that cagey nurse and not let my child out of my sight for 5 seconds for fear that she would sneak him
formula against my wishes and ultimately sabotage his health and my efforts.
If you're
feeding your baby home made
formula with raw milk — I'm going to judge you If you try for a freebirth — judge If you're having an hbac7c
against all medical advice — judge If you're making how you
feed you baby about YOU and not
feeding the baby — I'm going to judge you.
Formula feeding parents also fight back
against breastfeeding, appalled when a mother breastfeeds within view.
I have nothing
against formula it has many good and bad just as breast
feeding does aswell.
Difficulties for women who choose to
formula feed under such a system must be weighed
against the fact that free and easily accessible
formula leads to unnecessarily supplementation and the harm that this causes to public health.
I find breastfeeding art beautiful, and the photo shown above would have been beautiful if it weren't intended to be a statement
against the perceived evils of
formula feeding.
I would happily mount a campaign
against any
formula company that tried to undermine breast
feeding in the impoverished world, where there is no clean water.
Also even if a baby has been
formula fed in hospital at some
feeding times
against the mother's wishes — which I agree is terrible — if the mother wants to breastfeed and has good support, especially from her local health care provider, she will breastfeed at home.
And, as my experience shows, it does not stop babies being
fed formula against their mothers» wishes because it typically happens when the mother or baby is ill.
In the U.S., the rebellion
against formula began in the late»50s, when a group of moms from the Chicago suburbs got together to form a breast -
feeding support group they called La Leche League.
Another important argument
against formula -
feeding is the increasing rate of food allergies in Western cultures.
But Israel's health - care system may be acting
against its own interests by accepting
formula money — one study showed that the it costs huge sums to treat health problems of
formula -
fed babies in the first year alone.
Infant
formula does not have the immunological constituents to alleviate
against the risk of the built - in microbiological contaminants and the bacterial and viral contaminants related to
formula preparation, handling, storage and
feeding.
There are multiple hypotheses for the mechanisms behind breastfeeding and childhood obesity and one of them pertains to the poor self - regulation of energy intake among
formula -
fed infants.19 In contrast to infants
fed at the breast who may need to actively suckle,
formula -
fed infants are more likely to be passive in the
feeding process, and caregivers» control might undermine infants» capability for self - regulation to balance energy intake
against internal cues of hunger and satiety.
The link between genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism and IQ can be revealed only
against a specific environmental background (that was universal before
formula feeding).
So, how do breastfeeding and
formula feeding really stack up
against each other?
Again, I am not
against mums who
formula feed their child.
However, what she advocates
against is the exageration of this benefit, and the shaming of women who
formula -
feed for whatever reason (medical reasons or personal choice).
By the time the teacher at our hospital birth class announced that she wouldn't explain how to use
formula because it was
against hospital regulations, I was pretty
fed up.
Stuebe in the past has pushed back
against Fed Is Best's campaign for all parents to be warned about rare brain damage risks that can result from insufficient breast milk supply, writing that it could threaten the effort to normalize exclusive breastfeeding and unnecessarily expose newborns to supplemental
formula feeding, which could jeopardize the establishment of a consistent breastfeeding routine.
International guidelines for emergency
feeding caution
against accepting donations of
formula milk.
Thus, it is not surprising that breastfeeding has been consistently associated with improved central nervous system development, as indicated by improved visual acuity in relationship to
formula -
fed infants.4 Second, both biological properties and differences in maternal - infant interactions during the
feeding process can lead to improved motor and intellectual development outcomes.5, 6 Third, breastfeeding appears to be protective
against the onset of childhood obesity, 7 a condition that has enormous psychosocial consequences for children.
Frustrated but not about to give up, Bartick and other breast -
feeding advocates launched Ban the Bags in July 2006, creating a website and soliciting donations to help hospital employees lobby
against the
formula - laden diaper bags nationwide.
«This study goes
against everything that's been published for several years now from very reliable clinicians and researchers about the potential hazards of supplementing exclusively breast -
feeding babies with
formula,» says Dr. Kathleen Marinelli, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the chair - elect of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee.
Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their
formula -
fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective
against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249
Our data agrees with that of others, 1223 that suggest that delaying the introduction of
formula milk protects
against the morbidity associated with respiratory infection, illness, and associated hospitalisations in the first year of life.24 Prolonged breast
feeding was only marginally associated with less respiratory illness when examined in a New Zealand birth cohort to 2 years of age, 25 and the Dundee study8 showed a small, yet significant protective effect of breast
feeding against respiratory illness at 0 — 13 weeks and 40 — 52 weeks after adjustment for social class, maternal age, and parental smoking.
«It seems so hopeless to fight
against these
formula companies, but at the same time, hospitals are marketing baby
formula, which undermines breast -
feeding and sends a poor message.
In contrast to
feeding artificial infant
formula, only human milk allows appropriate metabolic programming and protects
against diseases of civilization in later life.
It scares one sometimes that live
feeds of quantitative data via online summarized metrics dashboards are: a) reliant on alogrithms /
formulae constructed by humans b) may only reflect a point in time that is transient and needs to be somehow replicated accurately later in the future if needed for evidence c) may draw upon real time data from multiple sources for different parts of the screen (via widgets) d) data source quality needs to be interpreted
against the data owner's original meaning of that measurement and criteria.