r/FormulaFeeders • u/winwordplan • Mar 25 '26
Support Needed / Guilt Related š§ø Newborn feeding instructions from 1958
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u/WildFireSmores Mar 25 '26
The specific phrase breast is best is tied to the la leche league and their campaign to re-teach breastfeeding after a huge about of lobbying from formula companies when commercial formula became common place.
Some very shady things took place at that time and it really gave root to a lot of the polarity see between formula and breast milk today.
This is a great journal article that outlines a lot of the history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/04/the-case-against-breast-feeding/307311/
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u/PastyPaleCdnGirl Mar 26 '26
Most of know the history, doesn't excuse the damage this slogan is doing to our mental health.
Time for an update to the Family Friendly Initiative (or whatever else it could be called) where we don't hammer new mothers with the insane pressure and guilt to breastfeed at any cost.
Could offer actual informed choices on the pros and cons of both, with a more holistic approach overall.
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
So breast is not the best?
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u/BeepBoopEXTERMINATE Mar 25 '26
Fed is best
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
Feed was best also in 1958
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u/letscallshenanigans Mar 25 '26
Girl why are you here
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
Because my baby is on formula. I'm not attacking or judging, just asking questions and stating what's written on the formuoa we use. My question so breast is not the best, has 50 downvotes from people who feel attacked by a question. I honestly asked because my baby is on formula and I felt bad I didn't give more breastmilk.
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u/Nordic_being Mar 27 '26
FED is best. Breast or bottle, as long as theyāre not hungry. Scientifically, especially due to antibodies, breastmilk is best. That doesnāt diminish how far formula has come & how well babies thrive while on it. Donāt feel bad for not giving baby more breastmilk. Whether itās a supply issue, or a personal choice, formula is a very valid food source for babies. Science has truly come a very long way with it & itās better now than it ever has been.
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u/PermanentTrainDamage Mar 25 '26
And if it worked then, think of how great it must be after another 60 years of research and development!
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u/PermanentTrainDamage Mar 25 '26
Formula and breastmilk are equal, use what works best for your baby and your family.
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u/fwbwhatnext Mar 25 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
Best for the baby? Most likely. Best for the mother? Depends. Unlikely. Since there are great alternatives, mothers shouldn't be judged now if they choose"second" best.
I truly don't get the downvotes. What did I say wrong?
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
Sure. I'm just thinking breast is best meaning it's nutritionaly best for the baby and if for some reason it can't be done than formula is good option.
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u/yolivia12 Mar 25 '26
āIf for some reasonā how about we let everyone make their own choices based on whatever the hell they want lol
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
Well reason is also someone not wanting to breastfeed
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u/Tamryn Mar 25 '26
Sorry youāre getting downvoted. As a formula feeder to 2 babies, I have always found the āfed is bestā slogan to be condescending. Obviously fed is better than not fed, but I donāt think there are a lot of people who are choosing between feeding their baby and not feeding their baby. We donāt say āfed is bestā to the people wanting to make their own formula at home. The choice is between breastfeeding and formula feeding. Itās ok to acknowledge that breast milk is the best case scenario, but formula is also a good choice (and not one to be ashamed of), and sometimes the only choice, depending on the circumstances.
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u/PermanentTrainDamage Mar 25 '26
They're nutritionally equal, formula matches the nutrient profile of breastmilk.
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u/eumama Mar 26 '26
There are some rare cases when breast milk is actually worse than special formula, but they are cases like that. There aren't enough evidence and tbh they are hard to find that antibodies from breast milk have a significant impact long term. Overall what's best depends on numerous factors, so it's an individual experience.
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 26 '26
Breast is worsešš» The new slogan š (Joking, I have to say because people here so serious)
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u/beepbopnotabot_yet Mar 25 '26
Only best for the baby when there is enough breast milk and when the breast milk is safe (thinking unsafe medications,etc). There are so many caveats even when saying best for the baby.
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u/PermanentTrainDamage Mar 25 '26
And the baby actually puts in the effort to consume enough (looking at you, second kidš¤£)
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u/OohWeeTShane Mar 25 '26
Even with formula my second kid wouldnāt just freaking eat! Heās 14 months old now and Iām considering taking him for a weight check because he still isnāt a great eater.
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
I agree, I'm formula feeding my baby too. I just don't agree with this comment saying that people think breast is best because formulas in the past weren't that good. Because breast is better than the formula from 2026 too, it's printed on my formula packageš«
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u/coolbandshirt Mar 25 '26
Pretty sure they are required to put that on the label
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u/New_Enthusiasm_7578 Mar 25 '26
Why
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u/ttwwiirrll Mar 25 '26
Book recommendation:
Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy by Courtney Jung
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/courtney-jung/lactivism/9780465039692/?lens=basic-books
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u/damnedpiccolo Mar 25 '26
Because of nestle who got loads of people using formula through promoting samples and then when their breast milk dried up they couldnt afford the formula.
And because of Lactivism. Breastfeeding is a huge industry with a completely captive audience. Unless you are in the position where you are financially and physically able to exclusively nurse your child from the breast, with no supply/latch issues etc the industry can make literal thousands from selling breast pumping products and supplements etc that desperate mothers will shell out ridiculous amounts of money on because they are told that if they do not choose breast milk then it is a moral failing on their part and that they are a bad parent.
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u/Nutshellvoid Mar 25 '26
Imagine feeding your kid only once at night?! Postpartum would have been greatĀ
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u/creatureoflight_11 Mar 25 '26
Not when bubs is screaming like a demon from hunger
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u/PermanentTrainDamage Mar 25 '26
It was much more socially acceptable to let your baby scream for hours back then
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u/creatureoflight_11 Mar 25 '26
Yes, it was. But for most moms the baby crying triggers such a stress response that they cuddle the baby anyway or do whatever it needs. A lot of my friends for example couldn't handle their baby crying in the first year and were either very stressed or started crying themselves, especially if the baby just won't stop crying
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u/oliv3juic3 Mar 25 '26
This. Some people are just wired to tune that shit out. Cause when mine is crying I can feel it in every inch of my nervous system!
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u/Nutshellvoid Mar 25 '26
Even in the 80s. My mom said she shut the baby monitor off after the first night home with me because she didn't like the noise of the monitor š
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u/Aurora_96 Mar 25 '26
This was fed to babies in the Netherlands a long long time ago. It's a rice based formula/supplement. Babies grew really well taking this. My brothers both had this when they were babies.
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u/Thisisprobablywine Mar 25 '26
My MIL has a similar formula recipe from when she was adopted! Except I think it specified brown karo lol. Her dad was a pharmacist and was getting commercial formula though, so thatās what she was fed.
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u/dooropen3inches Mar 26 '26
My uncles were born a few years after this and had similar instructions. No multivitamin in hers. My grandma is always like āwell my kids were never on milk this long! They were eating food at 6 weeks old! Because they were starving!ā
Well yeah. They didnāt have a balanced full formula. They had karo syrup. š
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u/mmebonjour Mar 26 '26
My grandmother had my dad and his brothers in the early 60s. She said with her first, she didnāt give him cereal in his bottle as early as she could, and she regretted it because he slept so poorly. My dad was her second baby, and she told herself with him, sheād start cereal as soon as she could, which was when he was TWO WEEKS OLD.
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u/petals-n-pedals Mar 25 '26
Wow, just water, corn syrup and evaporated milk. And babies survived! Thank goodness for the orange juice I guess? š
Edit: and Poly-Vi-Sol is a liquid multivitamin made by Enfamil. I guess this isnāt the furthest thing from modern formulaā¦ but it sure seems antiquated! Thanks for sharing