But even if it can be proven that breastfeeding moms earning trajectories are someone lower
than formula feeding moms, I think we need to consider more than just earnings into the economic cost / benefit analysis.
We don't mean: «I'm better
than a formula feeding mom.»
Not exact matches
If you feel unsure of your parenting choices because they are different
than the «mainstream,» I doubt the answer is to boast about breastfeeding and co sleeping while trying to make
moms who
formula feed feel like shit just so that you can give yourself a pat on the back.
But for those of us
Mom's who are nursing we do deserve praise because it is a lot harder
than using
formula for every
feeding.
It's far, far better for everyone involved to have a happy
mom feeding her baby
formula than a distressed, depressed, hurting mother breastfeeding.
For every naysayer when it comes to
formula feeding your baby, you've got a few supporters sprinkled in there, but when you're pregnant or a new
mom, people are much more likely to want to give you their thoughts and opinions on what you should be doing, rather
than praise you for anything you're currently doing right.
Many
moms have to work to help keep a roof over the kids head, which I think is way more important
than breastfeeding vs
formula feeding, so even if they pump their babies are still being
fed out of bottles by someone else.
Formula has been around in some form for more
than 100 years, but it certainly isn't the first alternative
feeding option
moms have employed.
i know a lot of
moms who
formula fed and are much better motuers
than some of the ones.who breastfed.
Several studies also suggest that lactating women get significantly less drunk
than formula -
feeding moms and other women do when they all consume the same amount of alcohol.
The secret to mother - baby bonding might be breast milk, according to new research that determines that breast -
feeding mothers are more likely
than formula -
feeding moms to bond with their infants in the months after they're born.
Consider the post, 5 Cool Things No One Ever Told You About Nighttime Breastfeeding, which claims that the number 1 coolest thing about nighttime breastfeeding is «breastfeeding
moms actually get MORE sleep
than their
formula -
feeding counterparts,» and concludes with the rhetorical question: «Did you ever think, when you hear your baby rouse at 2:00 am, that they are actually giving you the gift of MORE sleep...?»
I've heard that
moms who start out breastfeeding but supplement with or switch to
formula later on (like when they resume working outside the home) actually use
formula longer
than moms who exclusively
formula feed from the beginning.
The study also found that
moms who use expressed breast milk typically transition their babies to infant
formula feeding sooner
than their breastfeeding peers, a trend that may impact the health of our next generation.
And absolutely, the problem is SO MUCH BIGGER
than one person's choices: the amount of misinformation floating around out there (and the amount of it that comes from otherwise intelligent, highly trained medical professionals), the lack of help and support for new nursing
moms, the lack of adequate maternity leave in the US (in Canada, where I live, one can take up to 50 weeks» leave with unemployment pay), the persistent idea that dads «need» to bottle -
feed their babies in order to bond with them, the idea that
formula is «normal» and breastfeeding is «best» — in some places it really seems like you'd need a will of iron to keep at it when the going gets tough.
New
moms are extremely susceptible to giving in to pressure to
feed their babies more
than just breast milk or
formula.
I must say if us
formula feeding moms that have to actually get out of bed to make a bottle are going to be judged
than maybe you should see what your doing can actually kill your baby, the
formula wont but you can as you co-sleep.
I was made to feel less
than because I
formula fed my kids, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that
formula feeding doesn't make you a bad
mom.
What we don't mean: «
Formula feeding moms are less of a mother and less
than normal.»
, breastfeeding in a carrier can be much easier
than using a cover if
mom feels she should, easier
than taking baby out of the carrier and
feeding even if she feels she doesn't need to cover, and easier
than a bottle of expressed milk or
formula.
If the next
feeding he doesn't nurse as well then he may need a little bit, so it's a gradual decrease of supplementation as the babies
feeding better and many times that supplementation at that point if
mom is using a breast pump is breast milk and so if it's
formula to begin with then as her milk supply increases in volume we switch it over, Some
moms are under the impression that it's the
formula that treats it, no, it's the milk in general, the
feeding that treats it, it's not that breast milk is better
than formula, I mean, we know that breast milk is better
than formula but it's not that
formula is better, it's just that sometimes the quantity is the key, absolutely
The research is in and breastfeeding
moms get more hours of sleep each night
than their
formula -
feeding counterparts.
One 2007 study claimed that breastfeeding
moms got 40 - 45 minutes more sleep
than those who
formula fed.
«It decreases asthma and allergies in babies, decreases the breast cancer risk in
mom and there's even an economic benefit because breastfeeding is less expensive
than formula -
feeding.»
It's no better
than requiring
formula feeding moms to provide a «prescription» from a doctor.
The goal was to have baby wake up and be willing to nurse sooner
than three hours (explained to
mom how
formula sat in stomach longer, etc.) If baby still wanted to go 2.5 - 3 hour a
feed, then to drop an additional 1/2 oz.