Breastfed babies gain weight more
slowly than formula fed babes, and there is a difference of as much as 1 Kg in weight gain at one year of age.
Healthy breastfed infants typically put on weight more
slowly than formula fed infants in the first year of life.4 - 5 Formula fed infants gain weight more rapidly after about 3 months of age.
Not exact matches
Their analysis showed that the breastfed babies did indeed tend to gain weight more
slowly than the
formula -
fed babies, even though fortifiers were added to the mother's milk.
Because babies digest
formula more
slowly than breast milk, a baby who is getting
formula may need fewer
feedings than one who breastfeeds.
Because
formula digests more
slowly than breast milk,
formula -
fed babies usually don't need to eat as often as breastfed babies.
Babies digest
formula more
slowly than breast milk, so if you're bottle -
feeding, your baby may have fewer
feedings than a breastfed infant.
we have a 4-1/2 month old and we've been
slowly introducing the baby solids to him since he demanded more and more
formula (which has been for about 2 months now) everyone told me to start him on rice cereal, we tried it and to this day it still messes his little tummy up for a few days (even though i» monly
feeding him a tsp full of it with his applesauce) as far as the baby purees go he only eats applesauce, so i decided to skip the baby applesauce and just buy the regular natural applesauce (much more — 75 % less cost wise) he loves it... i think he likes it better
than the baby stuff!
Babies tend to digest
formula more
slowly than breast milk, so bottle
feedings may not be as frequent as breastfeeding sessions.
In addition, bottle -
fed babies are often able to last longer between
feeds, because
formula is usually digested more
slowly than breast milk» (Gillman, 2010, p 154).