Choosing between breast feeding and formula 113 Articles

by T.J. Williams

Choosing between breastfeeding and formula is a difficult decision. I have been on both sides of this debate and hopefully can provide some insight. While you are pregnant you are bombarded by doctors, nurses, friends, fa...read more

by Linda L Kinyon

Breastfeeding has become so controversial in this day and age. With modern technology many parents are asking themselves if breastfeeding or formula is the better way to go. Though I have nothing specific against fo...read more

by Miranda Meinard

Every mother must decide early in her child's life, if not before, whether she will breastfeed or feed her baby with formula. It is a highly charged and often controversial subject. When my child was born, local news rep...read more

by Anna-Maria Smolander

Breastfeeding or formula? The general advice of course is that the breast milk is the best option for a baby who is under 6 months old. This is what the government says, the midwives and the doctors.However, when you ca...read more

by Thomasina Jackson

The issue of breast or bottle feeding your baby is not just one of health but of a womans choice as well. Current research has shown the benefits of breast over bottle feeding, from giving your baby a head start against il...read more

by Sophie Coolbaugh

As you become a mother you will have to make numerous and sometimes difficult choices regarding the wellbeing and education of your child. None, however, will be as difficult as the feeding choice you will make after the b...read more

by S D Rios

There simply is no doubt about the answer to this question. Breastfeed for the first year if at all possible. Or even for the first month or two - anything is superior to no breast milk, it seems. An interesting point on t...read more

by Naomi E

The choice to breastfeed or not to breastfeed is a very personal one. I believe that breast is best. After all, as mammals we are designed to feed our young. However, many women are uncomfortable with the thought and...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

Every mother should understand that the breast milk is the ideal diet for the baby till first six months or until you start weaning. Nature has taken care by giving the option of breast feeding. We should not interfere wit...read more

by Kate Mellen

Naturally, breast feeding is what's best for baby. I will admit, however, that I have a love/hate relationship with breast feeding. On second thought, "hate" is too strong of a word. Maybe I should say that I have a lov...read more

by Jennifer Bond

Breastfeeding versus formula is a very touchy subject for most moms out there. Being the new mother of a six month old baby, whether to breastfeed or use formula was one of the first things I considered even before becomin...read more

by Selina J

The human race has existed for thousands of years with everyone growing up breastfed, no questions asked. In the late 1800's, Henri Nestle created what would become the first commercially sold baby formula. Now mothe...read more

by Samantha Vee

The decision to breast-feed or formula-feed is an extremely personal decision. I am always stunned at how personal debates over this topic can get, and how heated the conversations get. For me, I couldn't breast-feed a...read more

by Nevaeh Cohen

Breast or bottle? A very common question among expecting parents and parents of infants. Studies have proved that breast milk is, in fact better for babies. However, I feel that every person needs to make the decision t...read more

by Vicky Bladen

Breastfeeding may be seen as being the best thing for newborn babies, but it is not always so practical. Not only are new mothers pushed into breastfeeding by their midwives, and then made to feel as though they are bad...read more

by Liz Davies

Choosing between breast and bottle must be one of the hardest decisions a mother has to make. The health of your baby depends upon it, yet there doesn't seem to be a clear and easy answer. The official stance is that 'B...read more

by Danelle Karth

Breast is best! Today's motto, but is it right. The term, breast is best, ran through my head again and again. Through discussion my husband and I discussed breastfeeding our soon to be born son. We decided that we had ...read more

by Stacy Evans

When my baby was 2 months old my older child (who was 7) got chicken pox. I was petrified that my newborn would get chicken pox, but as it turned out he was immune because I am immune (having had it as a child) - he "...read more

by Twice Baked

Choosing Formula... It is true breast milk is best for a child, but in reality it isn't always practical: a mother goes back to work, a child has a growth spurt, a mother doesn't produce enough milk, surgeries, etc. The...read more

by Michele Sloop

The natural way is always best, but sometimes the natural way isn't possible. I have 3 children and wanted to breastfeed all 3, but I was only able to breastfeed 2 of my children because one of my children was born with a...read more