PARENTS
Breastmilk vs Formula: Help for Your Decision
Different moms have different needs, but consider this when you make your choice.
Skriven av
Dr. Harvey Karp
DELA DENNA ARTIKEL
FÖRÄLDRARS VAL
Bästsäljare
PARENTS
Skriven av
Dr. Harvey Karp
DELA DENNA ARTIKEL
Bästsäljare
Different mums have different needs. For some, breastfeeding is not an option, for either medical or personal reasons.
If you do not breastfeed, there are several good formulas available. Formula is easy to work around your sleep schedule. (At bedtime, just put a thermos of clean warm water and a baby bottle with pre-measured formula powder by your bed. Then, when your baby gets hungry, mix them together and voilà! You have fresh formula without having to totter down to the kitchen and start from scratch.) Formula also allows your partner to give a feeding, giving you the chance to catch up on a little sleep.
But if you can breastfeed, this is definitely the way to go. Breastmilk has hundreds of ingredients to build strong bodies and brains, and scores of special immune boosters (even white blood cells) to enhance immunity and prevent illness…and it reduces SIDS.
In addition, breastmilk is always clean, warm and available (which will save you hours of time and hundreds of dollars). Breastfeeding can also help you lose weight (your baby sucks out of you as many calories as you would consume running 3-5 miles a day).
Supplementing breastmilk with formula is perfectly fine—in fact, it is preferable to dropping breastfeeding altogether. It is especially helpful if you have difficulty expressing breastmilk. Keep in mind that your body will adjust to the number of times you breastfeed, so as you breastfeed less, you will start to produce less breastmilk. However, combining breastmilk and formula is recommended over completely dropping breastfeeding altogether.
The discussion about whether to breastfeed or formula feed has sparked an ongoing debate. Ultimately, the best way to feed a baby depends on what a mum needs. If breastfeeding is not an option because of medical or personal reasons, then fresh formula is a great alternative. What really matters is that baby is getting fed, and breastfeeding is not causing undue physical or emotional stress on Mum.
Ansvarsfriskrivning: Informationen på vår webbplats är INTE medicinsk rådgivning för någon specifik person eller tillstånd. Den är endast avsedd som allmän information. Om du har några medicinska frågor och funderingar om ditt barn eller dig själv, vänligen kontakta din vårdgivare. Bröstmjölk är den bästa källan till näring för spädbarn. Det är viktigt att mödrar äter en hälsosam, balanserad kost i förberedelse för och under amning. Kombinerad amning och flaskmatning under de första veckorna i livet kan minska tillgången på en mammas bröstmjölk och det kan vara svårt att ångra beslutet att inte amma. Om du bestämmer dig för att använda modersmjölksersättning bör du noggrant följa instruktionerna.
