When soy infant formula first became commercially available, manufacturers even promised that soy formula was «
better than breast milk.»
I think it's the backward thinking of people still brainwashed that formula is
better than breast milk that makes nursing in public something people consider taboo.
There is zero debate that can say formula is
better than breast milk as long as it makes your family «feel good».
Women, convinced formula is
better than breast milk but strapped for cash, try to dilute the formula to stretch it.
Last century, formula manufacturers advertised their products as being
better than breast milk — which proved lethal in some developing countries where the water used to make up formula is sometimes contaminated.
Doctors and lactation experts too advice on naturally breast feeding the baby, as nothing can be
better than breast milk for the baby in the early stages of development.
Not exact matches
Those who partake in neither the meat, nor the
breast milk, nor the ovum of any creature with a face, are simply
BETTER than everyone else.
This explains why many women choose to 100 percent formula - feed their new babies, or to take advantage of both options, especially when newer formula recipes are so much healthier
than those of old, with recent studies and a
better understanding of the benefits offered by
breast milk.
Other
than the requisite jokes about
breast milk in coffee, my father - in - law was
good - natured about storing the
milk in his fridge.
Baby is generally the
best way to remove
milk from your
breast so whenever you are together, nurse rather
than having someone else feed her with your
milk.
When you consider the exceptions and situations where breastfeeding or
breast milk are absolutely not the «
best» choice or option for a parent or baby, it starts to sound more like a moral judgement
than a fact.
Any amount of
breast milk you're able to make is
better than nothing and will give your baby wonderful nutrition and immunity protections.
I like when I teach moms about
breast pumps at my job I like to tell them skin to skin is usually where our body is used to what our body is expecting for
milk output which is why the baby is a
better pump
than an electric pump.
I'm not saying we should all start pouring
breast milk on our cereal, even though most women probably have a
better diet
than a cow.
«
Breast milk contains many of the same beneficial bacteria found in a woman's vagina, and breastfeeding infants are less likely
than those consuming formula to develop respiratory and gastrointestinal infections and allergies as
well as chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.»
very
good, quick delivery, bought as my little one had a growth sprout and fed a lot but sadly she won't drink it - but she doesn't take any formula: (so I drink it myself and I swear my baby feeds less frequently
than before the feed problem O.o:) it's very tasty for me but not as sweet as
breast milk which might be the cause why she doesn't take it.
I am not trying to sabotage people not to listen to doctors at all, there is nothing
better and more valuable
than a
breast milk, but everyone's situation is different.
I always say, some
breast milk is
better than none!
It's definitely
better than supplementing the baby with infant formula, but it wouldn't be my first choice vs. fresh or just refrigerated
breast milk.
If you are with your baby it is ALWAYS
better to nurse
than pump
breast milk ahead of time.
What's most likely the case is that
breast milk is indeed
better for babies
than formula, but not so much
better that mothers should torture themselves if they can't swing it.
Your baby is much
better than any pump at extracting
milk from the
breast.
But, if your
breast milk is collected and stored safely, even with the loss of some immune factors, it is still
better than any infant formula available.
You know, one of the questions that we have is, is
breast milk or formula
better than the other?
Breast milk being natural is
better than formula as far as the properties go, the antibodies that are naturally given.
A baby is
better at maintaining a
milk supply
than a pump and the extra nursing stimulates
breasts to make more
milk.
Other
than that, yeah, I just made sure that I ate healthy and I always washed my hands when I was handling the
milk, cleaned my
breast before I pumped, I just examined myself to make sure I was
good.
I feel like there's always new articles or research coming out about why
breast milk is
better than formula, and they still don't know all of the properties and interactions that
breast milk has, or even all of the components, so I just feel like my daughter might be benefiting for her health in the future in ways that I don't even know about now.
This may sound like a crazy idea, but seasoning formula or
breast milk with a little bit of unsweetened fruit juice, for example, is a lot
better than offering Milo or pure fruit juice.
If you can increase the share of
breast milk or formula again (
breast milk is
better than formula), it will help mitigate the constipation.
Of course, Moms who are trying to establish a breastfeeding routine will find it
best to avoid large quantities of these herbs, but Moms are who are struggling with producing more
milk than their baby needs, or those who are beginning the process of weaning from the
breast may find these herbs quite beneficial in managing supply.
Yet any frozen
breast milk will always be nutritionally
better for your baby
than formula.
Other things that worked is to make sure
milk is warm enough, put baby in swing with mobile on as a distraction and she is semi-upright, have baby in a
good mood (feed her just after she gets up from a
well - rested nap; and wait about 15 min longer
than her regular
breast feeding schedule so she's hungry.
Breast reduction surgery does decrease the mother's capacity to produce milk, but since many mothers produce more than enough milk, mothers who have had breast reduction surgery sometimes manage very well to breastfeed exclus
Breast reduction surgery does decrease the mother's capacity to produce
milk, but since many mothers produce more
than enough
milk, mothers who have had
breast reduction surgery sometimes manage very well to breastfeed exclus
breast reduction surgery sometimes manage very
well to breastfeed exclusively.
Let your baby get what they can of
breast milk, it's still
better to get some
than none.
Even more magical
than the uncanny magic of
breast milk is a mother who is the
best version of herself.
In your third paragraph you make the argument that we do not need science to tell us what we already know - that
breast milk is
better than formula.
Rather
than rush things, just keep feeding
breast milk or formula as usual, keep watching for these cues, and trust that your baby will be ready in his own
good time.
Plenty of
breast milk: Having an over-abundant supply of
milk might
well result in a baby gaining weight more rapidly
than the norm.
But, I was always amazed that there's a feeling that your
breast milk turns into water and that how's the mammal out there that needs
better milk for human
than a human does.
Although I have gotten great information from lactation consultants after the birth of each of my babies, there is more to it
than just «
breast milk is
best.»
It is so much
better expressing
milk hands - free
than holding the
breast shields the whole pumping -LSB-...]
Yes, the iron in formula isn't as
well - absorbed as the iron in
breast milk, but there is so much iron in formula that babies get more
than enough iron.
Some babies may try to perch out on the tip of the nipple rather
than taking in a
good mouthful of
breast tissue so that the
milk doesn't flow so fast.
Breast milk poop smells a hell of a lot
better than formula poop.
Curiosity, they say, killed the cat, but it will also make you taste your own
breast milk, which I suppose is
better than sipping someone else's
breast milk, that would be weird - unless you were partners of course.
The directive given to breastfeeding mothers to «give no food or water other
than breast milk» in combination with no education on the signs of infant starvation is leading to an epidemic of infant feeding complications, hospitalizations and injuries that is
well - documented, a status quo that took the life of Landon Johnson five years ago.
Between 6 and 8 months, most babies will begin to consume solid foods as
well as
breast milk, although your baby probably won't consume less
breast milk than before.
If the
breast milk is lacking in vitamin D as
well, your child could end up being much shorter
than normal because their bones were not able to grow in length.
If you decide to put formula rather
than breast milk in your baby's bottles it's
best to choose a powder.