thestar.com.my — MORE than one million babies could be saved worldwide if mothers were to start breastfeeding within the first hour of birth. ?Exclusive breastfeeding (where all nutrients are naturally pro- vided from the mother) is crucial for the first six months of a baby?s life.
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matriculatedSep 6, 2007
All my kids were fed formula and they are all in the 90th percentile or above.
matriculatedSep 6, 2007
Nope - we were not on a schedule. My wife just could not produce enough milk for the baby when he wanted it. Some woman just can't. My son became jaundiced and we had to bring him in for phototherapy because of all this. It was a really frustrating experience.
thepeopleSep 6, 2007
Thank you so much... plus...He fixes the cable?
tforcramSep 6, 2007
My wife has experienced both. With our son she tried to breastfeed him, but he just didn't take. After starving him for a couple of days, he was hospitalized with jaundiced. They almost had to due a blood transfusion, but the lights ended up working. We ended up adding formula with the breastfeeding and it was only formula from 3 months on.My daughter, who was born two months ago, is a completely different story. She sucks away and has had no jaundice or other problems. The one difference to note is that our son was whisked away after birth and we have no idea what they did to him. Our daughter, on the other hand, never left the room after she was born. All the cleaning and other stuff was done in the same room with us and I think that made a difference. Or it could just be that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
tantoSep 7, 2007
Obesity in children is difficult to treat and may lead to adult obesity with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Evidence about the effect of breastfeeding on obesity in childhood has been scanty. Now workers in Munich, Germany have shown that prolonged breast feeding is associated with a reduced risk of later obesity.<a class="user" href="http://orangtuamurid.info/blog/2007/08/23/breastfeeding-and-childhood-obesity/">http://orangtuamurid.info/blog/2007/08/23/breastfeeding-and-childhood-obesity/</a>
Closed AccountSep 7, 2007
The thought of breast feeding a baby makes me kinda sick to my stomach... The thought of how my t**s would look after, seals it.
celerityfmSep 7, 2007
One more tidbit, wikipedia article on lactation - <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation</a> - you mentioned the placenta- the placenta's delivery stimulates a second stage of milk production that is more copious then the first stage. BUT there is a first stage! That's what I'm talking about, it's there, at birth. However I do have to agree with you on "Don't be hard on yourself if you're not able to feed your baby 'within the first hour'" - in that don't be hard on yourself period. If you do your best then your being a good parent IMO, whatever is lacking now will balance out later, just be happy to have a baby :)
beanybeanSep 7, 2007
They only distributed free formula long enough for the mothers to stop lactating. Then the mothers were too poor to continue buying the formula, causing them to over-dilute the formula or, worse yet, give other liquids as a form of "nourishment" for their babies. Had Nestle given free formula and kept it up, then ok, maybe not AS bad -- still underhanded, but not as bad. But they didn't. They dressed up women off the street in nurse's uniforms and had them pass out enough samples that the mothers would lose their milk supply, and then abandoned ship.
comittechOct 23, 2007
When you consider how eco-unfriendly it is to drink bottles water you have to think how much CO2 baby formula produces. <a class="user" href="http://www.breastpumpsdirect.com">http://www.breastpumpsdirect.com</a> has a good comparison chart on the amount of formula an average baby consumes in the first 6 months.
babycareDec 13, 2008
This is interesting. So is this; <a class="user" href="http://www.helpihaveababy.com/breastfeeding/advantages-of-breastfeeding">http://www.helpihaveababy.com/breastfeeding/advant ...</a>
ruthbonnemareApr 14, 2009
This is a good way to promote breastfeeding and also create awareness.<a class="user" href="http://www.allteachingparentingskills.com/blog/category/breastfeeding-work/">http://www.allteachingparentingskills.com/blog/cat ...</a>has some discussions on the challenges of breastfeeding and how to overcome them