Formula One

fulfill the nutrient needs for an infant that formula feeding cannot amount to. This is the only fuel source that an infant needs for the first six months of life. The complexity of breast milk has shown to minimize the risks of acute infections such as ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, and SIDS. (1) It also minimizes the risks of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, allergies, and cancer. Breast milk meets all the nutrient needs that formula and cannot meet such as…

Breast feeding and bottle feeding has three main differences and they are, health benefits, cost, and convenience. This is the most important thing a mother has to decide after they give birth to their baby is which one they are going to do. However, both are great, they are different. Their differences can affect the mother’s decision on what she chooses to do. Breast feeding babies has many health advantages to the baby, but also to the mother compared to bottle feeding babies. Breastfed milk…

Bottles are time consuming to prepare when using formula. It is much faster and simpler to place a baby to the breast rather than preparing a bottle of formula (“Benefits”). Baby bottles are also a lot to carry around on top of the other necessities babies must have on them at all time such as, diapers,wipes, and a change of clothing. Breastfeeding allows…

Post Too often women are faced with the cultural pressures of what constitutes a “good” mother. They may hear mantras such as “Breast is best,” or “Formula-feeding: convenient and easy.” America has been notorious for creating this false dichotomy of us vs. them or good vs. bad, and now it’s rearing its ugly head in the realm of motherhood. But one must consider: since when did a mother’s feeding preference label them as a good or bad parent? In a recent New York Times editorial entitled,…

breast is always there and the milk is always warm and ready. This eliminates the hassle of trying to scoop formula into a bottle and then heating so that the temperature is just right. This also leads into the next advantage which is that breastfeeding is relatively inexpensive when compared to the alternative of bottle feeding.…

The Suckle of Life The first time I saw someone breastfeeding in public I was twelve years old. My family had traveled to Billings to spend the day at the Montana State Fair and meet up with my aunt and her family. My aunt had recently had a baby, so around lunch time we all sat down to eat, and naturally my aunt started feeding her new son. I couldn’t help but stare because she had this innocent person hidden under a blanket. At the time the temperature had risen into the upper nineties, so I…

be fatter, it is not necessarily healthier than breast milk. It is good for calves, but our baby can digest it with difficulty (Williams). Moreover, the formula companies also admitted that although their products are useful for some women, they are less nutritious than breast milk (Springen). Dr. William Maclean 's of Ross agreed that the formula does not contain hundreds of nutritional compounds as breast milk…

on the subject. Until the advent of a sufficient substitute becoming widely accepted and promoted in the 20th century women had little alternative. With the endorsement of the highly esteemed medical profession and the promotional marketing of formula and bottle makers,…

plays a role in our health, well-being and raising our children. When going about our everyday lives, no one ever thinks about how culture plays a big part in how we raise children and how we care for our bodies. When it comes to the health of our babies and breastfeeding, I believe that it is very important. There are so many chemicals going into everything that we eat including some formulas, that breastfeeding is the way to go in our culture. Even though other cultures may have issues…

growth of the baby and the restoration of mothers back to their normal state of health. Breastfeeding should also be permissible because it empowers women and breaks the social barriers which we have built upon between both genders. The question that one simply poses to oneself is who is in control of these societal views when it comes to breastfeeding in public? Are the churches being too conservative or is the government not reinforcing those set laws placed in the constitution to protect…