2007-05-09 05:14:46 · 10 answers · asked by kadisha a 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
babies who breast feed will nurse until they are satisified, while babies on the bottle may drink more because their parents want them for finish the whole bottle. Bottle fed babies also spit up more, have a higher rate of colic and are more prone to be overweight in early childhood.
2007-05-09 05:22:16 · answer #1 · answered by parental unit 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Breast milk first comes out very thin and runny, it has great properties, but it is after the breast has been stimulated for awhile that the rich hind milk comes out. This is the stuff with all of the fat and nutrients that baby needs. many babies get tired of feeding before they get much of this, or if the breast is traded off to often they do not get a chance to get any. Unlike bottle fed babies that get the same nutrients from first to last.
But... the goal is not to have rapid weight gain, it is to have a happy, healthy baby.
2007-05-09 05:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Powdered milk is a lot thicker and heavier than breastmilk, which tends to be more watery. Many paediatricians recommend introducing formula if the baby isn't gaining sufficient weight, and that's the reason.
2007-05-09 05:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son received breastmilk only for the first six months of life, breastmilk and formula from months 6-9, and formula alone for the last three months. I would have loved to have nursed him longer, but I went back to work, and it wasn't really a situation where I could pump and store milk. By the time I quit my job when he ws 9 months old, my milk had pretty much dried up.
2016-05-19 00:16:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another point to be made (along with the good points above)
is that most formulas are made from the milk of a species wherein the infant has four stomachs and is expected to gain HUNDREDS of pounds in its first year of life. MOOOO!-)
Thats why they have recently been toying with the terrifying prospect of putting appetite control hormones in artificial baby milk. Eeek!
2007-05-09 05:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by Terrible Threes 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually this is false. Breast fed babies are heavier than their bottle fed counterparts for the first 6 months then they tend to even out and grow at about the same rate.
2007-05-09 05:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by llllll_amanda_lllllll 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
#1 - because breastmilk is more easily digested - that's why they eat more - and b/c the fat proportions are PERFECT in breastmilk.
#2 - because breastfed babies can control their suck. They actually change their suck for if they're nursing for food or for just comfort. A bottlefed baby can't do that - the bottle nipple only works one way - so they tend to actually overeat.
2007-05-09 05:32:01 · answer #7 · answered by Kim B 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
breast milk is much thinner than formula. so babies on breast milk get hungrier faster, and have softer stools.
but i have seen robusts babies on breast milk!
2007-05-09 05:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by Murphette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they do, If they do then its news to me. I do know breastmilk is best for the baby.
2007-05-09 05:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by samira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poster above summed it up nicely.
2007-05-09 05:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋