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Infant feeding

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why do people breast feed?

57 replies

misdee · 28/02/2005 15:02

maybe i shouldnt post this.

but i'm just to lazy to make up bottles

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zebra · 28/02/2005 19:56

Sharks (some species) do live birth, too.

I'd be terrified to try to bottlefeed. There are lots of threads on MN telling me how hard it is, how bottlefeeding mums don't get enough support, how difficult it is to find a formula which agrees with your baby...

hercules · 28/02/2005 20:15

Lots of allergies in my family and I wanted to know I'd given my kids the best chances against them.

If breastmilk came in bottles, I'd probably have bottlefed though.

piffle · 28/02/2005 20:22

because I love it, both my kids have loved it and yes not having to make bottles, sterilise and all that is a bonus.
It suits us

Caligula · 28/02/2005 20:23

Because not to seemed to me to be like buying Evian all the time instead of using tap water. It was free!

dinny · 28/02/2005 20:25

It's the best feeling in the world and you know you are giving your baby the perfect nutrition.

Caligula · 28/02/2005 20:25

Oh yeah, and I thought it would make my tummy go back quicker but I put on weight while I was doing it.

HunkerMunker · 01/03/2005 17:36

I have an aversion to powdered milk and figured that since breastmilk was free I'd use it.

I didn't know how to make up a bottle and didn't know anyone to ask who wouldn't think I was really stupid.

I wanted to breastfeed for health reasons for both DS and myself.

I am far too lazy and disorganised to do anything other than breastfeed - I'd have forgotten to make up the bottles and DH would've mucked it up somehow too

It made going out easier - especially since DS was quite sicky and needed many changes of clothes - bottles would've taken up much-needed clothes/muslins/wipes space on my pram (don't have a car)!

It meant DH made my dinner while I fed DS.

I enjoy it and DS enjoys it (he crawls up to me making smacking sounds with his mouth when he wants to nurse now).

DH had all kinds of orthodontic work when he was little and breastfeeding is meant to make this less likely because of the different sucking action making mouth development different.

I liked seeing DS grow and knowing it was all my own work, just like when I was pregnant with him.

These are all reasons that won't apply to everyone. They're my personal reasons for breastfeeding.

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