Formula One

Introduction: It is evident that breastfeeding your infant exclusively for 6 months has an enormous amount of benefits for the mother and infant. When the infant is breastfed they will receive many more benefits than being formula fed. For example if the infant is breastfed they will notice less ear infections, SIDS, a decrease in obesity and in asthma. Infants who are breastfed for 6 months or longer appear to have better social and medical benefits. However when the mother adds drugs and…

Wilhelmina, named after my great grandma, is born at a healthy weight and size. I breast feed her and supplement it with formula. She is growing ahead of the curve, but I let her eat until she is full each time, allowing her natural appetite to guide her feedings. At 9 months, Wilhelmina has an obvious attachment to me. According to Attachment Theory, Wilhelmina is in Phase 3 (Secure base behavior) of establishing attachment. At 6 to 24 months, she is starting to show her true attachment by…

you cannot produce enough milk, therefore you are forced to feed your newborn with formula. Knowing why a person is using or chooses to use formula to feed is important in preventing an incorrect judgement. There are several acceptable ways to provide the needed nutrients to a newborn; common feeding options include breastfeeding, formula, and/or…

When you hear the term “babies” the first thing that comes to mind is a helpless innocent infant. A child that has to depend upon their mother for this first year of survival and assistance with development not only physically but socially and cognitively. Thomas Blames provides us with a documentary film that allows us to walk every footstep with 4 different babies as they progress from infant to toddler. Blames provides us with a unique experience within his film which is a silent film that…

However, beyond the benefits for the child, the benefits for the mother seem even greater. For example, the longer amount of time a mother breastfeeds her child, the more she lowers her risk of developing diabetes. One study done by the Nurses’ Health Study was compiled of 157,000 women aged twenty-five to fifty-five. Of those 157,000 women, nearly 6,300 developed diabetes. “After adjusting the results for the patients’ diabetes risk factors, such as body mass index…

Breastfeeding is an essential biological quality of maternity, and in turn womanhood. Infants rely on their mother’s milk to grow and thrive, and breastfeeding is often a means by which a mother and child bond. Lady Macbeth claims to know this love between a mother and the child that relies on its mother for nourishment. She evokes pleasant thoughts of a smiling, nursing child too young to even have teeth, and turns this fundamental element of maternity on its head. If she had promised to murder…

?ISSUES OF BREASTFEEDING FOR MOTHER OF TWINS? INTRODUCTION Multiple births are often difficult and mother faces a real dilemma on breastfeeding. It is even harder in the cases of twins and the mothers are the ones who go through stress of breastfeeding. This research is done to find out what are the issues that a breastfeeding mother of twins faces along with the factors that causes the mothers to change their decision of breastfeeding. LITERATURE REVIEW Mothers always want to provide their…

while pregnant. 4. What Healthy People 2020 initiative(s)/objective(s) address maternal and child health issues? Health People 2020 has many objectives that focuses on reducing the rate of infant and maternal deaths. 5. Identify and describe one program that has been initiated as an intervention to improve mortality rates among women, infants, or…

This journal article did research about the causal effect of breastfeeding on postpartum depression (PPD). They did research on mother’s mental health at different time, for example, 8 weeks, 8 months, 21 months and 32 months postpartum and inspected the effects of breastfeeding on the mothers. The research found out that the effect of breastfeeding on maternal depression is heterogeneous. Whether or not the women had a desire to breastfeed their babies or any signs and symptoms of depression…

Breastfeeding is one of the healthiest ways of feeding your baby. So come out a let us inform you how it benefits you and your baby. QCCocoa B.E.A.N.S. Functions as a sponsor organization of the NCBC program. B.E.A.N.S. stands for Breastfeeding, Education, Advocacy, Normalcy and Support. The event they are having is the Its Natural Baby Shower on April 9,2016 from 1:30-4:30 at Johnson C. Smith University; Mosaic Village. This event is to inform expecting mothers and families how natural…