Sentences with phrase «decision on breast feeding»

You may also worry about your body afterwards when it comes to the important decision on breast feeding.

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Like the rest of you, my mom made a good decision IMO — she found weaning me around 14 months was difficult (on both of us with her oversupply & my crying) so she fed me at the breast until I was ready to let go on my own.

«The logical decision is to breast feed and have the baby sleep in the same room with the parent - but on a safe sleep surface and NOT in the same bed,» Weese - Mayer, also a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, added in an email.

Health professionals should provide more information to parents on the differences between breast milk and formula milk, and they should be aware of the potential effect of infant and toddler food ads on parents» infant feeding decisions.

Whether or not you breast, bottle, formula, or combination feed your decision should be based on what is best for your child and yourself.

Baby Milk Action has asked Mapa Spontex to provide further information on where it warns mothers of the possible negative effects on breast feeding of introducing bottle feeding and the difficulty of reversing the decision not to breastfeed as this was not found on its website, advertising or packaging, certainly not in the same location as the false claim that the First Choice teat is «clinically proven» for «optimal combination of breast and bottle feeding» nor alongside advise to introduce feeding bottles by 6 weeks of age at the latest.

That's why we even warn mothers of the possible negative effects on breast feeding of introducing bottle feeding and the difficulty of reversing the decision not to breastfeed.

Decisions on breast - feeding or formula feeding and trends in infant - feeding practices.

Hayek said her decision to breastfeed another woman's child was an attempt to diminish the stigma placed on women for breast feeding.

Given what we know so far, it seems reasonable to put breast - feeding's health benefits on the plus side of the ledger and other things — modesty, independence, career, sanity — on the minus side, and then tally them up and make a decision.»

Now, that his weight is under control, we have tried with the help of lactation consultants to get him back to breast feeds but he won't, and trying to get him on is stressful so we have had to make the decision to continue with the bottles, however expressing full time is difficult I also have a 2.5 year old, so now wish to slowly wean him onto formula.

I happen to be on the fence about breastfeeding in a conversation with one mother who was discussing breast feeding with me (which I have to say is already weird in itself... that is my decision and a private matter that I would prefer not to discuss in public or with strangers...) and her response was to badger me for the following 20 minutes about breastfeeding and how it is the ONLY option.

This is so spot on and such a wonderful thank you to the men who support our decision to breast feed.

This fact needs to be continually reiterated to decision makers as otherwise manufacturers of breast milk substitutes will capitalise on HIV infection as a reason for promoting free samples of their formula.10 It is extraordinary that the Wall Street Journal painted the baby food manufacturers as heroes poised to save African children from certain death because of their offer to donate free formula to HIV infected mothers.11 The WHO recommends avoidance of breast feeding by HIV infected mothers only if replacement feeding is feasible, safe, sustainable, and affordable — otherwise exclusive breast feeding is recommended during the first six months of life.12 Non-infected women must be given access to credible information, quality care, and support, in order to empower them to make informed decisions regarding feeding of their infant.13

When I was young I breast fed all three of my kids way past the time my husband was comfortable with (until about age 2 +), but he respected my decision for the most part, even if he could not help himself from reminding me on occasion, that I should not continue this until they go to school.

This next decision I am sorry to say is not one that you can take your time on because immediately after being born, your baby will need to keep their strength up, which means deciding on a feeding method: bottle or breast.