Premature or
sick infants often go weeks to months without taking foods by mouth.
Not exact matches
In addition, a nursing
infant doesn't get
sick as
often as a formula fed baby, meaning less money is spent on doctor visits, medicine and lost time at work.
Adults don't
often get
sick from Cronobacter infection, but it can be deadly in
infants.
Breastfeeding mothers miss less work, as their
infants are
sick less
often.
Hospitals
often times have stricter guidelines on how long breast milk can be stored before needing to be thrown out for fear of making an
infant sick.
Most milk banks distribute milk to hospitals for premature or
sick infants, and healthy moms and babies are
often turned away.
Mothers
often give very diluted feeds of cows milk or
infant formula to
sick children, fearing that less watery food will cause indigestion.