Breast-feeding and Bottle-feeding : The story within.
Tomathan CarrollJonson MolenAlexey KalininHailey Hibbard
BREASTFEEDING – Pros for moms
Burns Calories! Easy and Convenient! (Take off
your shirt, and boom, meal served)
• Protects against some breast and ovarian cancers: While breastfeeding, estrogen levels are very low. Research has shown that the longer you breastfeed, the risks for these cancers goes down
• MAY delay menstrual period: Again, estrogen levels are low and many women think
Special bonding between the two.
Finally, it’s natural.
BREASTFEEDING – Pros for babies
Protects against ear infections, colds, and viruses: If the child does have any of the above, the severity will most likely be lessened because of the protection from the breastmilk
Helps brain to grow and develop Less learning and behavior difficulties Less diaper rash and other skin
problems Less colic, less crying Easy to digest: It is almost impossible
to have a constipated breastfed baby! Less diarrhea Protects against Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome, leukemia, some childhood cancers, and juvenile-onset diabetes
Om nom nom nom…
BREASTFEEDING - ConsTime ConsumingTakes a lot of
energyFrustration for
Mothers due to anxiety or just learning the process
Physical problems such as Mastitis, plugged milk ducts and engorgement.
BOTTLEFED – Pros Bottle-fed babies need to
be fed less frequently since it is more difficult to digest.
If you are bottle feeding your baby, you know exactly how much milk your baby has had.
You do not need to be present each time the baby has to be fed; some other family member or friend can also feed the baby.
Your social life does not need to be curtailed. You can resume your normal life.
Heh…it’s Miller
BOTTLEFED - Cons More likely to develop illnesses,
such as diarrhoea or a chest, ear or urine infection.
Hard to get the perfect temperature.
Need to keep the equipment used clean
Bottle fed babies were found to have an increased risk of obesity, at least until six years of age.
Can be expensive compared to Breastfeeding.
If you decided not to breastfeed but want to switch to it, it is difficult to reverse the decision and begin breastfeeding.
REFERENCEhttp://
www.nhsinform.co.uk/health-library/articles/b/bottle-feeding/disadvantages
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/your-babys-feeding-breast-vs-bottle
http://breastfeeding.about.com/od/breastfeedingbasics/a/proscons.htm