Monday, October 20, 2008

Why breastfeeding is best

What will you feed your newborn? Mother’s milk or the artificial baby milk commonly called formula? Many factors will affect your decision. While many healthy, full-term babies grow adequately on formula, it is an incomplete, inferior food when compared to human milk, which is perfectly suited to your baby and is what nature intends. Here are several benefits of breastfeeding to consider:

Breastfeeding is Best for Your Baby's Health
Formula does not provide any of the disease-protective factors present in human milk. Statistically, when compared to breastfed infants, artificially fed infants are generally sicker and sick more often. They are three to four times more likely to have an ear infection or diarrhea and ten times more likely to be admitted to a hospital for bacterial infections.

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