I nursed a total of 7 years with my 3 girls. It was horrifying in the beginning and I wasn’t prepared psychologically to know how painful it is for 98% of mother’s. It was beyond exhausting at times. My kid’s are off the charts intelligent and none of them had a cold/flu, ear infection or any illness for the for 5 years of their lives. We have a profound bond and I would absolutely do it all over again.
Breastfeeding has nothing to do with them being off the charts intelligent. Stop being judgmental. My son was formula fed. He’s 2 years and 3 months old. He speaks 3 languages - English, Spanish and Italian and can read already. He’s off the charts intelligent. The formula didn’t affect him.
Unfortunately, I did feel like there was a strong biased for breastfeeding in this video. It was clear that the lactation specialist felt as though this is ultimately the better option. She stated that babies who breast feed are healthier...my thoughts are how is "healthier" being measured? As an expecting mom, I appreciated her level of honesty in some areas, but in some ways I still felt pressured to breast feed.
What do u want to hear, that it doesn’t matter? It does, breastmilk is better for babies. HOWEVER you are totally in your right to choose differently, some moms can’t produce enough breastmilk, some moms don’t want to breastfeed whatever your reason. It is fine! Your baby will grow up, your baby will do fine with formula. Let’s be happy that both exist and lets be supportive to moms (and dads) who choose what they want to choose.
Wtf, as yous should feel pressured to breastfeed. Women these days lost their minds really. We are mammals and we have breast for a reason as women. If you cant feed your baby with breast it is your weakness mam. Formula is never going to replace a breastfeeding. You know that deep down but choosing lazyness
I wish people would clarify that getting one bottle in a 24-hour period is unlikely to have a negative impact on breastfeeding. When you tell new mothers 4 to 5 weeks you're basically signing them up for a month of sleep deprivation. This is known to contribute to postpartum depression and/or anxiety.
You say wait until breastfeeding is going well before you introduce a bottle, that also doesn't make sense for the woman who is struggling with breastfeeding and needs to introduce a bottle. All of these militant rules are what end up causing harm to women who struggle with breastfeeding challenges. I urge you to think about your messaging, your language, and your assertion that breastfed babies are always healthier.
It's bad, cuz it gets them used to it I'm not an expert, but if you don't realize just how essential passing on your antibodies as well as essential nutrients to your baby through breastfeeding, I suggest you find good science, rather than paid science Also go touch some grass
@@zyf365 Well, I AM an expert and I know for a fact that introducing a bottle correctly does not compromise breastfeeding. As to antibodies and immunities, plenty of formula fed babies get by without that and are exceptionally healthy. You cannot attribute all good health to breast milk.
@@melissabrock4114 Certified breastfeeding counselor, doula, childbirth educator, over 800 clients - all the breastfeeding ones introduced a bottle earlier than recommended and none of them had issues with so-called "nipple confusion." I have a different RUclips account called Mamarama - from which I should have commented.
I have dry ashy skin and my lips get cracked if Im not constantly hydrated.. I can't help but feel like maybe it's because I was never breastfed. I started taking vitamins earlier this year and my skin is improving
My son is four years old his lips is always cracked and he was exclusively breastfed until he was 19 months old. I’m so confused how to help him Vaseline isn’t helping 😢
I often find the debate between formula and breastmilk quite... Disingenuous. Yes there are some benefits to breast milk, which can make the milk better, but its often portrayed like there are no disadvantages at all. When it came to me trying to breastfeed, we learned about some of the nutritional downsides only after our baby became unwell. I learned that if I was deficient in some things, that impacted baby too which upset me because i thought breastmilk had everything. Also being told that breastmilk has "everything" a baby needs, thats not true. We were quite frustrated to hear this repeatedly, only to then be told we need supplements because of the climate we live in means breast milk is lacking is certain essential nutrients, which formula does not. With my partner not liking certain approaches to supplements we prefered giving some formula alongside breastmilk. But no where until the baby is born did anyone say this for us to make an informed choice, in fact it frustrated us as though we werent really getting the full truth if it meant acknowledging breastfeeding isnt perfect. We through our experience found there were some huge benefits to formula. However we werent informed of this as it felt strongly like no one wanted to say when formula can have benefits. Instead we had stumbled our way through it. It ended up being because of formula that I was able to be here for my baby, mentally sound. Even with that, I would like to breastfeed my next baby, circumstances willing, knowing the formula could also be an option. The person in this saying, we dont have the same approach with car seats or whatever as we do for breastfeeding... I think they have to take a strong look in the mirror and ask themselves why they couldn't say one benefit of formula, but insist that women make "informed" choices
I’m considering heavily encouraging my fiancé to try formula. Our baby is 3 days old and is barely eating and seems to take a few sips from her breast then refuses to drink more. I’m not sure if it’s simply than babygirl just doesn’t want breast milk. I feel so useless and helpless not being able to take some weight off her shoulders
I have a 1 month old and I formula feed and breastfeed. I don't make enough milk due to health reasons, and that's okay. It was a blessing that I was able to get extra help after my c section because now other people could feed my child and I am able to recover and sleep and eat more which helped me increase my milk supply. My postpartum is also improving and I have a long history of depression so thats been an amazing side effect.
In cases like this, until you figure out the problem, mom can pump and bottle feed, or use formula and continue to breastfeed as well. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing because the baby can still benefit from breast milk when it’s not 100% breastfed.
I know it's been months since this comment, but I just wanted to let you know that is totally normal their tummies are very small during this time and can only hold a very little amount of breast milk or formula which they digest very rapidly due to growing at a rapid rate. - Savannah Nutritionist counselor for WIC
Surely you know that formula fed babies can be just as healthy or healthier than breastfed babies. How are you gauging that anyway? Long-term health, resistance to illness in daycare? That's an irresponsible thing to say in my opinion.
@@melissabrock4114 So go look at the studies. They reliably show that breastfed babies have slightly less diarrhea and ear infections - but only slightly.
It’s far more serious than that. For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome. For mothers, failure to breastfeed is associated with an increased incidence of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, retained gestational weight gain, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and the metabolic syndrome. Children and women are sicker than ever today and our foundations are key to health and success.
I nursed a total of 7 years with my 3 girls. It was horrifying in the beginning and I wasn’t prepared psychologically to know how painful it is for 98% of mother’s. It was beyond exhausting at times. My kid’s are off the charts intelligent and none of them had a cold/flu, ear infection or any illness for the for 5 years of their lives. We have a profound bond and I would absolutely do it all over again.
Breastfeeding has nothing to do with them being off the charts intelligent. Stop being judgmental.
My son was formula fed. He’s 2 years and 3 months old. He speaks 3 languages - English, Spanish and Italian and can read already. He’s off the charts intelligent. The formula didn’t affect him.
Unfortunately, I did feel like there was a strong biased for breastfeeding in this video. It was clear that the lactation specialist felt as though this is ultimately the better option. She stated that babies who breast feed are healthier...my thoughts are how is "healthier" being measured?
As an expecting mom, I appreciated her level of honesty in some areas, but in some ways I still felt pressured to breast feed.
What do u want to hear, that it doesn’t matter? It does, breastmilk is better for babies. HOWEVER you are totally in your right to choose differently, some moms can’t produce enough breastmilk, some moms don’t want to breastfeed whatever your reason. It is fine! Your baby will grow up, your baby will do fine with formula.
Let’s be happy that both exist and lets be supportive to moms (and dads) who choose what they want to choose.
Wtf, as yous should feel pressured to breastfeed. Women these days lost their minds really. We are mammals and we have breast for a reason as women. If you cant feed your baby with breast it is your weakness mam. Formula is never going to replace a breastfeeding. You know that deep down but choosing lazyness
I wish people would clarify that getting one bottle in a 24-hour period is unlikely to have a negative impact on breastfeeding. When you tell new mothers 4 to 5 weeks you're basically signing them up for a month of sleep deprivation. This is known to contribute to postpartum depression and/or anxiety.
Numerous studies and the preponderance of evidence shows LOWER rates of postpartum depression when breastfeeding versus formula feeding.
You say wait until breastfeeding is going well before you introduce a bottle, that also doesn't make sense for the woman who is struggling with breastfeeding and needs to introduce a bottle. All of these militant rules are what end up causing harm to women who struggle with breastfeeding challenges. I urge you to think about your messaging, your language, and your assertion that breastfed babies are always healthier.
It's bad, cuz it gets them used to it
I'm not an expert, but if you don't realize just how essential passing on your antibodies as well as essential nutrients to your baby through breastfeeding, I suggest you find good science, rather than paid science
Also go touch some grass
@@zyf365 Well, I AM an expert and I know for a fact that introducing a bottle correctly does not compromise breastfeeding. As to antibodies and immunities, plenty of formula fed babies get by without that and are exceptionally healthy. You cannot attribute all good health to breast milk.
@@TrueCrimeDoula yikes, if you're a so called "expert" Im scared for this world 😬
@@TrueCrimeDoulawhat makes you an expert?
@@melissabrock4114 Certified breastfeeding counselor, doula, childbirth educator, over 800 clients - all the breastfeeding ones introduced a bottle earlier than recommended and none of them had issues with so-called "nipple confusion." I have a different RUclips account called Mamarama - from which I should have commented.
I have dry ashy skin and my lips get cracked if Im not constantly hydrated.. I can't help but feel like maybe it's because I was never breastfed.
I started taking vitamins earlier this year and my skin is improving
My son is four years old his lips is always cracked and he was exclusively breastfed until he was 19 months old. I’m so confused how to help him Vaseline isn’t helping 😢
I often find the debate between formula and breastmilk quite... Disingenuous. Yes there are some benefits to breast milk, which can make the milk better, but its often portrayed like there are no disadvantages at all. When it came to me trying to breastfeed, we learned about some of the nutritional downsides only after our baby became unwell. I learned that if I was deficient in some things, that impacted baby too which upset me because i thought breastmilk had everything. Also being told that breastmilk has "everything" a baby needs, thats not true. We were quite frustrated to hear this repeatedly, only to then be told we need supplements because of the climate we live in means breast milk is lacking is certain essential nutrients, which formula does not. With my partner not liking certain approaches to supplements we prefered giving some formula alongside breastmilk. But no where until the baby is born did anyone say this for us to make an informed choice, in fact it frustrated us as though we werent really getting the full truth if it meant acknowledging breastfeeding isnt perfect. We through our experience found there were some huge benefits to formula. However we werent informed of this as it felt strongly like no one wanted to say when formula can have benefits. Instead we had stumbled our way through it. It ended up being because of formula that I was able to be here for my baby, mentally sound. Even with that, I would like to breastfeed my next baby, circumstances willing, knowing the formula could also be an option.
The person in this saying, we dont have the same approach with car seats or whatever as we do for breastfeeding... I think they have to take a strong look in the mirror and ask themselves why they couldn't say one benefit of formula, but insist that women make "informed" choices
I’m considering heavily encouraging my fiancé to try formula. Our baby is 3 days old and is barely eating and seems to take a few sips from her breast then refuses to drink more. I’m not sure if it’s simply than babygirl just doesn’t want breast milk. I feel so useless and helpless not being able to take some weight off her shoulders
I have a 1 month old and I formula feed and breastfeed. I don't make enough milk due to health reasons, and that's okay. It was a blessing that I was able to get extra help after my c section because now other people could feed my child and I am able to recover and sleep and eat more which helped me increase my milk supply. My postpartum is also improving and I have a long history of depression so thats been an amazing side effect.
In cases like this, until you figure out the problem, mom can pump and bottle feed, or use formula and continue to breastfeed as well. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing because the baby can still benefit from breast milk when it’s not 100% breastfed.
I guess this is a sensitive subject seeing so few viewers. This could be cause and effect for many things being experienced in society?
Thank you for this information
My 5 days old baby is gets hungry after on hour of being fed. I am feeding him 2 ounces of pumped breast milk. Is that ok? Thank your in advance.
Pumping is actually the best way to feed your children.
I know it's been months since this comment, but I just wanted to let you know that is totally normal their tummies are very small during this time and can only hold a very little amount of breast milk or formula which they digest very rapidly due to growing at a rapid rate. - Savannah Nutritionist counselor for WIC
Surely you know that formula fed babies can be just as healthy or healthier than breastfed babies. How are you gauging that anyway? Long-term health, resistance to illness in daycare? That's an irresponsible thing to say in my opinion.
Very very untrue
Probably because anecdotes aren't science. Statistics are a more reliable source of information than your experience
@@melissabrock4114 So go look at the studies. They reliably show that breastfed babies have slightly less diarrhea and ear infections - but only slightly.
@@TrueCrimeDoula you're a doula? I hope not. There's so much more to the benefits, and you're making yourself sound ignorant.
It’s far more serious than that. For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome. For mothers, failure to breastfeed is associated with an increased incidence of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, retained gestational weight gain, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and the metabolic syndrome. Children and women are sicker than ever today and our foundations are key to health and success.