My son was formula fed from the very beginning and he has grown at an incredible rate and developed physically at a much faster rate than his peers. It helps that I am 6'6" but still he towers over the children in his Pre-K class. Also very good intellectual development as well.

My son is from a previous relationship and now my wife and I had our first daughter. She is breasted from the very beginning and is right around 7/8 weeks old. My wife is a teacher so she has the time to breast feed especially with summer now here. I tell you it's very time consuming and strenuous especially when you are the father and can't feed the baby. She went back to school for the last 4 days and could really pump so that I could feed. Now that's she's home for the summer all times she would pump she feeds the baby. I'm the diaper king. Not a lot of sleep to be had although she appears to be settling in.

I will say breast feeding takes time and dedication and has a ton of additional benefits when compared to formula. However with the traits in people in society today I see why not many devote the time. But also formula works just fine too.

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Posted by cajunangelle

Member since Oct 2012

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Posted on 5/25/15 at 9:40 pm to WalkingTurtles

So weird you said that. My kids that were breast fed are literally off the charts smart. The one that wasn't is smart but not a brain. I feel guilty because he also was projectile vomiting the formula from birth and no one told me he was allergic.

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Posted by Huey Lewis

Member since Oct 2013

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Posted on 5/25/15 at 9:58 pm to WalkingTurtles

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Huey-can you offer any reliable sources for that information. It seems rather antiquated and certainly doesn't mesh with the CDC, WHO, or AMA stance.

For the lack of long-term benefits? That comes from this study discussed in the wbur.org article and is among the more recent studies conducted on breastfeeding.

Here's more on the lack of long-term benefits:
Word Health Organization: No Long Term Benefits to Breastfeeding

(referencing this WHO study from 2013 which is a meta analysis of virtually all studies on the long-term effects of breastfeeding: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/79198/1/9789241505307_eng.pdf)

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One study vs thousands that say otherwise...

You seem well-versed on the subject..Show me the thousands of studies as recent as 2013/2014 that contradict the findings of the World Health Organization report or the Colen study.

I used to be a rabid breastfeeding Nazi until the new research started coming in. Lactivists have grossly skewed peoples' perspectives on the matter over the last decade or so. I know women that pour breastmilk that was kept in the freezer for years into their childrens' pinkeye instead of bringing them to the doctor, feed them breastmilk for a flu, dump it on a baby's yeast rash instead of using Clotrimazole, and other really bonkers things. It's just milk, but some people have made it into such a sacred cow that God forbid anyone question whether their magic milk is really a total cure for all childhood ailments.

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