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October 8, 2005, 2:18 pm PDT
Perhaps Not!
Quote From: antedotePerhaps brings benefits?? Have you read the research? Do you know the wisdom with which you were created?
When I have to pay higher health care costs because a mother is unwilling to fit breastfeeding into her "lifestyle" so her baby suffers more illnesses throughout his life, it affects me! Even worse when I have to help cover the cost of special formulas for babies with allergies, when they would have been fine with their mother's own milk... if she had been willing to fit it into her "lifestyle." Both of my children were bottle fed and certainly not because of "lifestyle" issues. I had to because I could not express milk from my breast. Therefore my children would have starved had they not been fed formula. Let me also say that they are and have always been very healthy. They are smart, healthy, good kids. My sister on the other hand whom breast fed both of her children has two children who are constantly sick and have behavior and speech problems. I have had read my research and I am sorry you have been burdened with higher health cost. But what can you say in these circumstances? Life doesn't always fit into a perfect little box. And I am sure that for some kids it is best to be bottle fed. If they are to consume what is passed through to them through breastmilk then they may benefit better from being fed formula through a bottle.
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