Many women are faced with a very important question when becoming new mothers: whether to breast-feed or formula-feed their babies. Breast feeding dates back to eighteen hundred BC in Greek culture where wet nurses came about as women hired to feed another woman’s child. Formula feeding did not come to light until two hundred years after which then led to a “refined and hygienic” bottle in the industrial ages (Stevens). While both have advantages and disadvantages, breastfeeding has shown to be more beneficial for mother and child. Although some may argue the contrary, breastfeeding is an overall better choice than formula feeding due to its health, immunity, growth, and developmental benefits, as well as convenience and price.…
Now, did you know that there are even significant, substantial benefits for the mother revolving with breastfeeding? Well, for one, breastfeeding lowers a mother’s risk for two types of cancers, which are ovarian and breast cancer. Breastfeeding also is known for burning those extra calories off. Another great benefit is that you save a whole lot of money because you do not have to worry about buying that expensive formula. Also, it gives you your time alone as you relax and bond with your…
Breastfeeding helps women deal with their child and create a bond that only mother and child who breastfed will know. Breastfeeding is superior to formula feeding because it benefits the child and mother both physically and mentally. In the…
Breastfeeding helps to establish an effective immune system in infants from an early age, it also has been proven to lower the likelihood of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). In mothers who choose to breastfeed for 1 year, breastfeeding has been linked to: a reduced chance of breast cancer and some reproductive cancers, a reduced chance of type 2 diabetes, and a reduced chance of cardiovascular disease. it is also proven to help ease postpartum depression and rheumatoid…
This is because my culture (Indian) believes in breastfeeding the newborns to enhance mental development. My culture talks about all the advantages of breastfeeding and so does studies show. A newborn, in order to survive, must be healthy and I won't hesitate to breastfeed my baby to see him/her healthy. The reason behind this is early months after the birth of the baby are critical for his/her proper growth and development. This can be achieved by breastfeeding in the best…
For the child breastfeeding can help reduce allergies and provides all the proper nutrients and vitamins, protein and fat. It is more easily digested and contains antibodies that help fight viruses and bacteria. They will have fewer ear infections, and trips to the doctor. It is also stated to help raise IQ scores. Mentally and physically it helps with bonding between the mother and child.…
Surely this will help parents to make a decision? Breastfeeding is portrayed as the best way to feed your baby, and yes after researching there are a wide selection of benefits. Breast milk contains important factors that are required like; hormones, enzymes, growth factors, fatty acids and protective factors. It has been tested under a microscope and it shows that it is alive with beneficial bacteria and antibodies- as well as containing crucial vitamins and nutrients. Among the benefits of breastfeeding are the health benefits it has for your baby.…
Both the World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund believe and promote breastfeeding as the best way to be able to improve both health and development in infants. The first thing that was stated that children that are not breastfed have a increased rate of mortality in the first several years of life. Also, children that are breastfed for longer than 6 months have about a 3 to 5 point increase in IQ. Several studies in both Brazil and Singapore has showed a positive relation in breastfeeding and cognitive development. There has been a huge debate on the relationship between breastfeeding and lower rates of obesity.…
This way of feeding a baby is beneficial for the child as well as the mother. A child has less chance of getting infections or becoming sick when they are given breast milk. A mother’s milk naturally has hormones and nutritional values; although formulated milk provides these, they are not natural, and it is harder for a baby to digest than it is for breast milk ("Breastfeeding vs. Bottle-feeding."). Along with benefits for the baby, there are different health benefits for mothers; this includes protection from breast cancer, lower rates of osteoporosis, less of a chance for urinary tract infections, among others (Ostle, Lily). A mother breastfeeding her child is considered immoral in public because of how society has sexualized women in a drastic way.…
These include passive immunity babies get through breast milk and less tummy upsets from breastmilk as it is easily digested. Most women want to try to breastfeed and this is certainly their aim when they have their baby. Unfortunately there is a lot of pressure for them to succeed without struggle, pain or question. Breastfeeding is a learned skill just like anything else we learn for the first time. It takes time, practise and patience to get it right.…
Study shows that most women who do breastfeed do not have postpartum depression. The mother is able to lose her baby weight faster by breast feeding, because she is pumping out her fat to the baby. Compared to bottle feeding, nursing actually makes minimal demands on your diet. Also women who breastfeed have a lower risk of having cancer and other problems later in life. Women who nurse, have a lower chance of having osteoporosis in life compared to those who never breastfeed.…
A woman who breastfeeds is less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, certain types of breast cancer, and ovarian cancer. Besides these health benefits, breastfeeding helps the mother and her baby to bond. Breastfeeding is also more beneficial financially and economically; formula and feeding supplies can cost families thousands of dollars a year (“Why Breastfeeding is Important”). Those who disagree with public breastfeeding ask why mothers cannot simply cover up or go somewhere else. When confronted with this, one must ask, “Do you enjoy eating with a blanket over your head?”.…
Breastfeeding has been done for years and years due to the necessity to feeding our infants. Originally, formula was not an option, do to it did not exist, and breastfeeding was commonplace for all women. The difference between then and now is that women are not at home all the time. Women have evolved in a way that breastfeed should now be considered commonplace, we work outside the home and go out in public all the time. There are many facts that justify breastfeeding our babies that many health professionals whole-heartedly encourage.…
It is almost common knowledge that breastfeeding fosters many desirable outcomes for the nursing infant. Exclusive breastfeeding has been noted to be the most effective intervention in reducing and preventing infant mortality worldwide (Dhingra & Mathur, 2014). It is recommended, encouraged and most often expected of healthy mothers to breastfeed their children. Examples in nature explain to us that this is the natural course; this is how the human population feeds their offspring; human milk is for human infants. The purposeful and specific nature of breastmilk sets it apart from all other artificially created substitutes.…
According to BabyCenter.com there are many benefits from breastfeeding that extend beyond the babies basic nutrition. Breast milk is filled with vitamins and nutrients your baby needs over the first 6 months of their lives and it also helps protect the baby from illnesses. The audience should want to fix the problem because not allowing mothers to breastfeed their children in public is preventing the children from getting the nutrition they need to survive.…