According to a government report conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, around 3 out of every 4 women breastfeed their children. This is an all time high according to researchers who track this sort of thing. Some reasons for the increase include public awareness, changing perceptions [...]
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I?m glad to say that my ride on the formula roller coaster is over?at least for now. I knew I?d be dealing with plenty of guilt over my inability to breastfeed this baby but I wasn?t prepared for the challenge of trying to find the right infant formula for my little one?s sensitive digestive system. [...]
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I will never forget when my younger son was an infant and I was advised to stop breast-feeding him. He was only three weeks old. I had to wean him, due to his digestive problems but even more so, to my own medical issues and a necessary medication that I had to take which passed through my breast milk. I recall quite vividly an encounter with a few other mothers in the baby-bottle aisle at Babies ?R Us. We guilt-ridden, bottle feeding mamas each explained our reasons for not breast-feeding. I learned that [..]
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