Breast Feeding, Better then Formula
A woman is sitting at her house trying to watch television, with one of her breast exposed, and a pair of lips sucking on the nipple. While many people may view these words as sexual in nature, reminiscent of some long ago date, it is actually describing something innocent and natural for humans to do, the breastfeeding of an infant. The NRDC or Natural Resources Defense Council states in their online article Benefits of Breastfeeding that babies are “delicate and can easily contract a disease, in part because of their underdeveloped bodies.” NRDC further says in Benefits of Breastfeeding that although infant formulas can provide some of the nourishment needed, “it cannot duplicate the components of human breast milk from a mother.” Because of its nutritious superiority and cost effectiveness for parents, breast feeding should …show more content…
Infant formula companies have had a “significant adverse impact on breastfeeding rates through strategic marketing, targeting women with direct advertising and with the implicit and explicit endorsement of health providers” (Kaplan and Graff 486). The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor calculates that the cost of formula feeding a baby is over one-thousand dollars a year for just the formula alone, and not including the bottles. This is significantly higher when compared to nearly a zero cost for free breast milk from a mother’s breast. If parents were to buy options, like a breast pump, accessories, and nursing bras, the yearly cost for breastfeeding would then be roughly seven-hundred dollars according to Christina Rentz of thebillfold.com. Even with a nearly seven-hundred to over a thousand dollars a year savings for parents who breastfeed their babies, people still seem to choose formula, although it is not a bad option for children, breast milk does seem to be the cheaper
A woman is sitting at her house trying to watch television, with one of her breast exposed, and a pair of lips sucking on the nipple. While many people may view these words as sexual in nature, reminiscent of some long ago date, it is actually describing something innocent and natural for humans to do, the breastfeeding of an infant. The NRDC or Natural Resources Defense Council states in their online article Benefits of Breastfeeding that babies are “delicate and can easily contract a disease, in part because of their underdeveloped bodies.” NRDC further says in Benefits of Breastfeeding that although infant formulas can provide some of the nourishment needed, “it cannot duplicate the components of human breast milk from a mother.” Because of its nutritious superiority and cost effectiveness for parents, breast feeding should …show more content…
Infant formula companies have had a “significant adverse impact on breastfeeding rates through strategic marketing, targeting women with direct advertising and with the implicit and explicit endorsement of health providers” (Kaplan and Graff 486). The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor calculates that the cost of formula feeding a baby is over one-thousand dollars a year for just the formula alone, and not including the bottles. This is significantly higher when compared to nearly a zero cost for free breast milk from a mother’s breast. If parents were to buy options, like a breast pump, accessories, and nursing bras, the yearly cost for breastfeeding would then be roughly seven-hundred dollars according to Christina Rentz of thebillfold.com. Even with a nearly seven-hundred to over a thousand dollars a year savings for parents who breastfeed their babies, people still seem to choose formula, although it is not a bad option for children, breast milk does seem to be the cheaper