Breast Feeding is Better for your Baby

If you are pregnant or you are thinking of becoming pregnant this article is for you. Giving your baby breast milk is essential. It's economical, aids in building your baby's immune systems and development. An argument given by many for bottle feeding are factors like working, breast feeding is painful, or tradition 'their mom bottle fed them.' I completely empathize with working moms but breast feeding during maternity leave for six weeks to three months is better than no breast feeding at all. And if you are lucky enough to work in Canada the leave is one year. However, for those less fortunate provisions might have to be made. Taking breaks at work for breast pumping is an option. If you are like most and share a cubicle that can be difficult. You could use a conference room or if you might have to resort to a restroom. With a pump it should only take five minutes to get 150 cc's. That is an inconvenience and time consuming but over the long run you would save more time and money. Breast fed babies have stronger teeth and therefore fewer cavities, and because their immune system is strong they are less susceptible to allergies and other illnesses. That is less time taken off work nursing your child back to good health, less medical and prescription expenses. I breast fed my child for a year and she never had colic, an ear infection or even caught a cold. She was in great health and slept full nights by seven weeks with the help of reading the "baby wise" book. Mothers have told me that they stopped breast feeding because their nipples were too sore. That pain only lasts for a week as the skin on your nipple thickens. Those are the few negative aspects to breast feeding. Let me tell you the benefits of nursing a baby. Breast feeding is free and is always available to the baby. I am sure moms and dads have rushed to stores all hours of the night purchasing formula as most containers only have a weeks supply in it. To hear a crying baby who is hungry and there is nothing available to give them is tormenting. There is a lot of preparation and washing of bottles involved in feeding a baby formula. Now let's discuss the cost. A formula fed baby cost about 30 dollars a week and the quality of the formula doesn't compare to breast milk. Most formulas contain soy milk as an ingredient. Soy is one of the biggest allergen. Is that really the first substance you want to give a defenseless newborn? Breast feeding also improves the health of the mother. Mothers who breast lose their pregnancy weight faster because their ovaries are pushing back down to their normal position pre-pregnancy every time you nurse. Lastly, nursing moms have less chance of suffering from osteoporosis. The benefits of breast feeding are endless. Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions. Also, if you are a parent please participate in my four question survey. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EF3MW6G99 Best regards, Zaida