Breastfeeding Vs Bottle Feeding

Give your child the best.

Although most parents know that breast feeding is the best choice, but the
perceived inconvenience, previous attempts failure and lack of knowledge on the
actual advantages that breastmilk have caused many newborns to be denied benefiting
from breastfeeding.

In the beginning, it may be frustrating and may take some effort to get it started
right, but once the perserverance has passed the test, you are on your way to make
a big difference in you and your baby's life.

Breastfeeding creates a special bond between you and your baby. Every mother's milk
has a unique smell to a baby. This enhances bonding between the mother and baby. In
fact this is a great help to promote behavioural development of the baby. Bottle
feeding is merely providing food and even then, not necessarily the best food.
All the right kinds of fat in breastmilk comes in higher quantity but is more
easily absorbable than formula milk. These include Omega fatty acids, such as DHA
and AHA, which enhance your baby's brain and vision development when they needed
most.

Breastmilk contains more carbohydrates compared to formula milk to meet your baby's
needs.

Breastmilk contains less protein than formula milk, but this protein is of a form
that is more digestible for the sensitive stomach. All the protein from breastmilk
can be absorbed by your baby, unlike formula milk.

The proportion of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals in breastmilk changes with
the needs of your growing baby up to 6 months of age. Formula milk proportion stays
the same and are often less easily absorbable.

The amount of water in breast milk is just right to satisfy your baby's thirst,
thus, when you breastfeed your baby, you do not need to give water at all. The
proportion of water in formula milk is dependent on how much you put in.

There are more than a hundred ingredients in breastmilk that cannot be created with
human hands or brain. These are important for your baby's complete development.
The anitbodies in breastmilk help your baby fight against infection. These are
absent in formula milk. Bottle fed babies are more likely to suffer from diarrhea,
ear, lung and urine infections, increases anxiety and visits to the clinic.
The taste of breast milk varies according to the mother's diet while formula milk
taste the same all the time. Thus, breastfed babies are more ready to try new food
during weaning then bottle fed babies.

In the long run, breastfed babies are less likely to develop obesity, high blood
pressure and diabetes when they grow up.

The best part is the mother gets to return back to her pre-pregnant weight more
quickly because more calories are burnt when producing breast milk. Breast feeding
also protects the mother from breast cancer.