Afterall, what could be better for a sick
baby than breastmilk tailor made with exactly the nutrients, electrolytes and antibodies he needs?
Trust that there is no other perfect food for
your baby than your breastmilk.
Not exact matches
The treatment for physiologic jaundice is more breastfeeding rather
than less, and sick
babies with pathologic jaundice need
breastmilk even more
than healthy
babies.
In this day and age, when we have wonderful companies such as Nestlé making wholesome babyfood, full of all the nutrients that
baby needs (more so
than breastmilk), why are some people still so backward thinking as to believe that breast is anything other
than beastly?
While it is true that breastfeeding can delay the return of your fertility - especially if you are nursing a lot — it is possible to become pregnant while breastfeeding especially if you are not nursing exclusively (i.e. nothing other
than breastmilk),
baby is older
than 6 months and / or your period has returned.
It's much harder to keep up a supply of
breastmilk when you're exclusively pumping
than when you're putting
baby directly on your breast.
However, I do think
breastmilk is better for
babies than formula, generally speaking.
Every time I walked into a maternity store, I saw huge sections full of Medela nursing products; rows of nursing bras and fashions; special rooms for «nursing moms»;
breastmilk «test kits» in case a modern, socially active mom had one too many cocktails and still wanted to give her
baby the best nutrition;
baby and pregnancy magazines that consistently had cover stories on how breast is even better
than we thought before, and so on.
The amount of drug that your
baby may receive through the
breastmilk is significantly lower
than the safe dosage of the same drug that is prescribed for
babies through direct administration.
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Babies are generally more efficient
than a pump at getting milk out of the breast, so a new mom may find that her
baby is eating more expressed
breastmilk than she's pumping.
So the number of
babies getting
breastmilk is higher
than what is shown.
Breastmilk is still milk, with fat, protein, calories, vitamins and the rest, and the antibodies and other elements that protect the
baby against infections are still there, some in greater quantities
than when the
baby was younger.
Anytime a
baby is eating something other
than breastmilk, the mother's body is not getting the signals it needs to meet the demands of her
baby.
Anytime your
baby is eating something other
than breastmilk, it effects your supply.
If feeds are less
than an hour apart, it may be that your
baby isn't getting enough of the hind milk part of
breastmilk, so they may need to feed a little longer on the first breast.
Here are 5 visible signs that biology naturally gives us when a
baby is ready to eat more
than just
breastmilk or formula!
A woman who spends thousands on lactation consultants, pumps, antibiotics, galactogogues, etc. and still has to spend 45 minutes to an hour with the
baby at the breast and then pumping afterwards (with added time for storing or feeding the pumped
breastmilk, and cleaning the pump) would likely not consider breastfeeding to be easier, quicker or less expensive
than exclusively formula feeding.
I think for my
baby, formula will be better
than either having a mother who constantly feels awful from not taking medications or being exposed to several medications at once in
breastmilk (they also can ruin supply).
My little guy was a double - whammy since research has found that
babies under 1.5 kg and male
babies both do better with fortified formula
than on
breastmilk alone.
Breastmilk is still milk, with fat, protein, calories, vitamins and the rest, and the antibodies and other elements which protect the
baby against infections are still there, some in greater quantities
than when the
baby was younger.
The current guidelines say there is no reason to avoid eggs at the time your
baby is ready for beginning to food other
than breastmilk or formula, between 4 months and 6 months of age.
At past shareholder meetings, the Chair repeatedly defended promoting infant formula with strategies such as logos on labels claiming «protects»
babies, despite knowing that
babies fed on
breastmilk substitutes are more likely to become sick
than breastfed
babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.
Your breastfed
baby should have an easier time digesting solid foods earlier
than a formula - fed
baby because
breastmilk contains enzymes that help digest fats, proteins and starch.
Breastmilk is far sweeter
than fruit, so there is no reason to believe that the
baby will take vegetables better by delaying the introduction of fruit.
I have a dream that one day Nestle will develop an ethos that says the lives and health of
babies are more important
than profit that comes from unethical marketing of
Breastmilk substitutes.
About half of respondents selected the option «Everything a mother eats goes into her
breastmilk», and more
than half thought the message of the campaign is, «Mothers who breastfeed must eat well to ensure their
babies will be healthy».
Research has shown that if a
baby is exclusively breastfed, transmission is less likely
than if the
baby is mixed fed (partly
breastmilk and other milks).
Since there is more to breastfeeding
than breastmilk, many mothers are happy to be able to breastfeed without expecting to produce all the milk the
baby will need.
I did recieve great support from medical staff and as my gp said,
babies need love more
than breastmilk!
Caffeine is given directly to premature
babies (as a treatment for breathing problems) in much higher levels
than than those generally found in the
breastmilk of mothers who consume caffeine.
Ultimately you want the best for your
baby, and all available science say that
breastmilk is better for
baby than formula.
Furthermore, it is very unusual for the
baby to require fluids other
than breastmilk.
At around 6 months of age,
baby requires more iron
than breastmilk provides.
• Most
babies will accept expressed
breastmilk more readily
than formula.
This ensures that
baby is getting all the nutritional benefits he needs from your
breastmilk rather
than getting full on solid foods.
The general consensus is that most
babies outgrow these kinds of
breastmilk - carrying allergies sooner rather
than later.
Babies older
than 6 months should be started on solids so that they learn how to eat and so that they begin to get another source of iron, which by 7 - 9 months, is not supplied in sufficient quantities from
breastmilk alone.
Yes, there are probably additional factors at play, like how they are fed (breastfed
babies do tend to wake more frequently because
breastmilk is digested more quickly
than formula) and what their sleep associations are.
Babies older
than 6 months should be started on solids mainly so that they learn how to eat and so that they begin to get another source of iron, which by 7 - 9 months, is not supplied in sufficient quantities from
breastmilk alone.
It might help if you consider that
breastmilk gets most of its calories from fat (some 50 - 60 %, much of that being the dreaded arterycloggingsaturatedfat ™) and while the percentage of carbs is greater
than the percentage of protein, you could say bf
babies are all on a «low carb» diet so long as they are exclusively bf.
That is,
babies over a year need more nutrients
than those provided from
breastmilk at this stage.
How much pride do you have in yourself and science to believe that man is more capable of creating or growing something more perfect
than breastmilk for
babies and toddlers?
«Yes,
breastmilk composition changes over time; however, frozen
breastmilk is still healthier to give
baby than formula.
Formula takes
babies a little longer to digest
than breastmilk, according to
Baby Center.
Even under circumstances where
breastmilk contains certain nutrients in lower amounts
than formula (e.g., with poor maternal diet),
breastmilk's «higher bioactivity and bioavailability more nearly meet the complete needs of [
babies]
than do even the best infant formulas.»
It is also clear from the very large body of research on the risks of formula that «it is better for a
baby to drink
breastmilk which has a small amount of alcohol in it,
than have a bottle of formula» (Australian Breastfeeding Association, 2013).
Unicef, the WHO and UNESCO state in their book Facts for Life that, «
Babies fall ill frequently as they begin to crawl, walk, play, drink and eat foods other
than breastmilk.
Hence you see feminists denying that
breastmilk is nutritionally better
than formula, or that births with fewer medical interventions are, generally speaking, safer for mothers and
babies.
Here are some indicators that your
baby might be ready for something other
than breastmilk or formula.
In fact, when your
baby is ready to drink something other
than infant formula or
breastmilk, it may be wise to encourage water as an option over juice.