What are the advantages disadvantages of breastfeeding and bottle feeding?
What are the advantages disadvantages of breastfeeding and bottle feeding?
Breastfeeding vs Bottle Feeding
| Breastfeeding | Bottle Feeding With Formula |
|---|---|
| Nutrition | |
| Skin-to-skin and breastfeeding latch releases bond-supporting the hormone in mom (oxytocin) | |
| Disadvantages | |
| The mother must be available for feeding or must provide pumped milk if she is absent | Warming formula to the proper temperature |
What are some disadvantages of bottle feeding?
The disadvantages of bottle feeding are:
- Formula milk is not as nutritious as breast milk.
- Preparing the milk for bottle feeding takes time and effort.
- Bottle feeding equipment is an added expense.
- Bottle-feeding may compromise your baby’s immune system.
- It affects the mother-baby bonding.
What are the barriers of breastfeeding?
Barriers to breastfeeding
- Lack of knowledge about breastfeeding.
- Misconception that formula is equivalent.
- Breastfeeding is not the social norm in many communities.
- Poor family and social support.
- Embarrassment about feeding in public.
- Lactation problems.
- Returning to work and accessing supportive childcare.
What happens when a mother is having challenges breastfeeding?
A breastfeeding challenge many mothers experience is nipple pain in the first week of breastfeeding. Usually, nipple pain happens because your baby is not taking enough of your nipple and areola into the mouth. Your baby will need to open his mouth very wide as you bring him to your nipple.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding and bottle-feeding?
Is combination feeding bad for baby?
Mixed feeding is when you supplement breastfeeding with infant formula. Mixed feeding might help some babies who need extra nutrition. Talk to your midwife, child and family health nurse or GP before starting mixed feeding. It’s good to think about how to maintain your milk supply while you’re doing mixed feeding.
