They convinced us that formula was
healthier than 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.
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».
«Yes,
breastmilk composition changes over time; however, frozen
breastmilk is still
healthier to give baby
than formula.
Our pediatrician, Dr. William Sears, noted that if she was this weight with getting formula or cows milk and / or bad nutrition (cakes, candy, soda chips etc) perhaps then it would be a concern but because bulk of her nutrition is nursing, her body will use up all the
healthy fats stored because they're from
breastmilk which is stored differently
than normal fat coming from excessive eating or bad nutrition.
I happen to feel very strongly that breastfeeding should be the norm, ra ther
than the exception, because it's what babies are meant to have, and babies who are denied
breastmilk are statistically less
healthy, not as smart, and generally not as well - off as those who are breastfed.
Our current (WONDERFUL) allergist has said that
breastmilk is liquid gold, and that by continuing to nurse her we have avoided hospitalization and have made her
healthier than she otherwise would be given all we are dealing with.
Yes, I'm limiting her to only a few nursing sessions per day, but I'm doing that more for her
than for me — I'm pretty sure that if I let her she would go back to a
breastmilk - only diet, which can't possibly be
healthy for her at this age.
It would be
healthier for YOU and me to drink
breastmilk than cow's milk.
The last available statistics I have state that less
than 25 % of babies in the United States continue to receive the optimum benefits of
breastmilk at six months (stats from
Healthy Children 2000).
Our doc said there's no reason for anything other
than breastmilk or formula if you have a baby that's growing and is
healthy.