Breast Feeding vs Bottle Feeding Breastfeeding The Advantages
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Breast Feeding vs. Bottle Feeding
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Breastfeeding: The Advantages • Nursing can be a wonderful experience for both mother and baby. • It provides ideal nourishment and a special bonding experience that many nursing mothers cherish.
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Benefits of Breastfeeding • Infection-fighting. Antibodies passed from a nursing mother to her baby can help lower the occurrence of many conditions, including: Ø ear infections Ø diarrhea Ø respiratory infections Ø meningitis
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• Breastfeeding is particularly beneficial for premature babies and also may protect children against: Øallergies Øasthma Ødiabetes Øobesity Øsudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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Nutrition and ease of digestion • Often called the "perfect food" for a human baby's digestive system, breast milk's components — lactose, protein (whey and casein), and fat are easily digested by a newborn's immature system.
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As a group, breastfed infants • Have less difficulty with digestion than do formula-fed infants. • Have fewer incidences of diarrhea and constipation.
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D in the Infant’s Diet • Vitamin D is produced by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight • AAP recommends that all breastfed babies begin receiving vitamin D supplements during the first 2 months-1 year of age • Sources: vitamin D-fortified formula or milk
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Advantages of Breastfeeding 1. Free: • • • Women who breastfeed are less likely to have to Doesn't cost a cent, take time off from work while the cost of formula to care for their sick quickly adds up. babies. Immunities and • For example, researchers antibodies passedhave determined that infants are sick less infants who are breastfed often than infants who exclusively have fewer receive formula. episodes of ear infections.
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Advantages of Breastfeeding 2. Different Tastes: • A nursing mother will usually need 500 extra calories per day • Introduces breastfed babies to different tastes through their mothers' breast milk, which has different flavors depending on what their mothers have eaten.
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Advantages of Breastfeeding 3. Convenience • No last-minute runs to the store for more formula • Breast milk is always fresh and available • No need to warm up bottles in the middle of the night • Easy for mothers to be active
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Advantages of Breastfeeding 4. Obesity prevention 5. Smarter babies 6. "Skin-to-skin" contact: • can enhance the emotional connection between mother and infant 7. Beneficial for mom: • Help a new mother feel confident in her ability to care for her baby • Burns calories and helps shrink the uterus • Helps lower the risk of breast cancer and also may help decrease the risk of uterine and ovarian cancer.
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Breastfeeding: The Challenges • • • Personal Comfort Latch on Pain Time and Frequency of Feeding Diet Maternal medical conditions, medicines, and breast surgery
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Formula Feeding: The Advantages 1. Convenience: • Either parent (or another caregiver) can feed the baby a bottle at any time. • Allows the mother to share the feeding duties. • Helps her partner to feel more involved in the crucial feeding process and the bonding that often comes with it.
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Formula Feeding: The Advantages 2. Flexibility. • Mother can leave her baby with a partner or caregiver and know that her little one's feedings are taken care of. • No need to pump • No need to schedule work or other obligations around the baby's feeding schedule. • Don't need to find a private place to nurse in public.
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Formula Feeding: The Advantages 3. Time and frequency of feedings • Formula digests slower than breast milk • Formula-fed babies usually need to eat less often than do breastfed babies. 4. Mother’s Diet • Mothers can resume their normal eating habits
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Formula Feeding: The Challenges 1. • • • Organization and preparation Formula must be on hand at all times Bottles and nipples must be sterilized Bottles left out of the refrigerator longer than 1 hour and any formula that a baby doesn't finish must be thrown out. • Prepared bottles of formula should be stored in the refrigerator for no longer than 24 to 48 hours
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Formula Feeding: The Challenges 2. Lack of antibodies 3. Expense 4. Possibility of producing gas and constipation. Formula-fed babies may have more gas and firmer bowel movements than breastfed babies.
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Formula Feeding: The Challenges 5. Can't match the complexity of breast milk. • Manufactured formulas have yet to duplicate the complexity of breast milk, which changes as the baby's needs change. 6. A Personal Decision
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