I think breastfeeding has benefits, but not enough benefits to demonize formula useage. And those benefits do not outweigh the drawbacks for many people.
Breastfeeding has benefits but so does formula feeding! People always talk about the mild passive immunity effects of breastmilk but they ignore things like the shared burden of feeding between two parents reducing maternal sleep deprivation, increasing secondary parental bonding, and improving growth rates in underweight babies that formula feeding affords parents and babies.
breastfeeding mothers actually get more sleep on average, and the immunity effects are definitely not mild. my baby never got sick till we started formula, and lost weight when we started formula. i agree formula feeding is great in other aspects like u mentioned but so does breastfeeding tbh
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u/MMTardis Apr 30 '26
I think breastfeeding has benefits, but not enough benefits to demonize formula useage. And those benefits do not outweigh the drawbacks for many people.