Shadow79Is giving only formula long term "healthy" for a baby?
nomadFed is best.
If you can breastfeed, that’s fantastic! But don’t be ashamed if you’re struggling to produce milk, it’s quite common and you shouldn’t avoid formula out of fear. It’s far worse for a baby to go hungry!
starlingukI produced enough milk for the entire country but the midwife winced when she saw the cracks. Yes, nipples can crack, people.
Midnight WolfIt’s like a baby tooth. Put it under your pillow and you’ll have a suprise in the morning!
Twinklebreeze This is the answer. A fed baby is the goal. My wife exclusively pumps, and we supplement with formula when she gets sick or something comes up. The biggest reason I can give you to breastfeed instead of formula is that formula stinks. If you don’t clean a formula bottle up in time it reeks. A half empty bottle of breast milk can sit out a whole day and doesn’t smell much worse.
Breastmilk is also made up of numerous chemicals. Chemicals are not bad, we are made of chemicals.
edgemaster72B-b-but… the compounds!
diggerKid #1 was exclusively formula fed due to a milk protein allergy. Kid #2 was exclusively on the breast. They are in elementary school now, surrounded by germs. No noticable difference between how often they get sick.
In the end, a formula fed baby was far less stressful for us. No worries about feeding or pumping schedules. No worries about if they are getting enough. With infants, a calm and non-stressed parent is best.
Okay I need to go to bed, I thought this was a response to “who is your favorite South African artist” and I got really confused
At least I’ll give myself the defense that the posts were back to back for me, haha
That’s because breastmilk has all the nutrients to strengthen immunity later in life for a child. There is a difference between breastmilk and powdered milk: since formula is composed of numerous chemicals (it’s made from compounds) while breastmilk is from the mother.
Nutrients are chemicals
Imagine my shock when I found out companies were putting dihydrogen monoxide into all my beverages!
I have to wonder what your angle is here?
I’m sure you’ve googled this and seen that there’s a lot of solid science indicating that kids raised exclusively on formula are at no disadvantage.
Breast milk isn’t necessarily better just because it’s natural. If mum has any nutritional deficits, or drinks coffee, takes medications, alcohol, et cetera.
Following your logic, we should also only eat non processed meat and vegetables. Goodbye Kraft Mac and cheese, sodas, etc. Because compounds.
Breast is best except when it isn’t. (Supply issues come into play, some babies don’t latch, soreness, etc can all happen). Fed is always going to be best and you do what you can. We had three with all different experiences. No differences we can tell years later.
fadedmasterFollowing their logic we should just starve to death because chemicals and compounds…aka everything we eat, drink, and breathe.
We had 3, and each time Mom was unable to produce milk. She tried every time, because free milk is better than paying for it, but it just wouldn’t happen.
All three came out perfectly healthy. The first two were dubbed “gifted”, the third probably would be if she gave a fuck about school.
SaneMartiganI think breast is the better choice. The big risk of formula is watering it down so baby isn’t getting enough calories/nutrients.
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