Choosing not to breastfeed your baby is more common than you may think. Many factors like poor milk supply, long hours spent at work, inverted or sensitive nipples or prescription medications may make a mother feel as if it is impossible to breastfeed her baby. Other mothers simply know before the birth that they will not breastfeed their baby.

Choosing to formula feed your infant was at one time considered to be a social faux pas. Today’s culture is much more accepting of bottle feeding an infant. Many mothers return to work shortly after the birth of an infant and breastfeeding is simply not conventional in the average workplace. Deciding to formula feed your baby is often a matter of necessity rather than personal choice. Electing to formula feed your infant does not have to be a disadvantageous experience for you or your baby.

It has been argued that breast fed infants are healthier. This is simply not true with the nutritional advances made by baby formulas sold today. Breast fed infants can even inadvertently digest medications, alcohol and unhealthy sugary sweets that are secreted in a breastfeeding mother’s milk. Breast fed infants that require strict intake guidelines may need to be bottle fed due to the difficulty in accurately tracking the intake of a breast fed infant.

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