My little one just turn 1yr. I tried giving him cow's milk but he refuses it. He's very healthy and he loves my milk. I'm thinking to continu breastfeeding him till his 2nd yr of age. My advice to all moms pls breasfeed ur little angels and if u don't have enough milk just be patient and do not to offer formula. Instead eat healthy diet and offer ur breastmilk. And by my experience also as a mom of twins after labor I didn't hav enough milk for even one, but believe me the more u offer ur breast the more u get more milk. Thnx u all& hop this information 'll help.

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I don't understand why people think they have to stop breastfeeding their child only to give them cow's milk. Children do not need milk from a cow. (That's gross and unhealthy--linked to gut problems, allergies, autism, and harsh proteins that cause stomach bleeding--anemia, etc.). They need milk from their MOM. I just weaned my 5.5 year old and he does not need milk from anything else ever again. He is so healthy, happy and gifted!

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I'm so glad I'm breastfeeding.. Artifical Food should be banned.. I'm willing to donate my milk to those who need it so that there is no need for "formula"

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Don't feed a three month old anything but breast milk! Soymilk, raisins, are not healthy for infants. You need to find a new doctor.Your breast milk provides everything he needs, and in fact the estrogens in soy could cause him developmental problems (not to mention the gut damage caused by those solids). A baby's gut is not sealed until at least six months of age, which is why the APA and La Leche League recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months at least.

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Being allergic to milk protein does not mean a baby can't breastfeed -- human milk protein is far different from cow's milk protein (and human milk contains very little casein anyway), so even babies who are intolerant or allergic to cow's milk protein (casein) can breastfeed, especially if their mothers give up milk protein themselves. Being allergic to breast milk would be like being allergic to water.

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Some of us had adopted children, so no breast feeding. What happened to the canned milk we used years ago? Why do young mothers have to have all that crap in formula today? I hear cod liver oil is back.

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A few years ago I was asked to purchase powdered baby formula. It had been 45 years since purchasing Carnation Evaporated Milk and when I saw a wall of shelves with powdered formula, I read the ingredients and out loud I said, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" I felt so bad for babies and at the same time angry that chemical ingriedients were in powdered milk. Stay away from powdered milk also for adults there's poison in it; i.e., half & half, read the ingredients. Back to babies; Are Carnation Evaporated Milk cans poisonous? My parents had to give me goat's milk because I was lactose intolerant. Now one has to investigate if goats are fed poison food. I forget the title but there are women who breastfeed babies. In my opinion that's the only way to go. Now I've written this if a mother can't breastfeed. If a mother can then she absolutely should breastfeed her baby.

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It's so important to remedy this probelm. How can we help change the BPA content in formula? I was not able to breastfeed, I had blood in my breastmilk,a nd was sent home with instructions to see an oncologist. I don't like being made to feel guilty about not breastfeeding. What I do know though is that I had no choice, and I hate the fact that I fed my sweet baby formula with BPA in the can.

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No one doubts that bottle feeding mothers love their babies, but there is no escaping the fact that formula is a second best option. Breast milk is a unique substance, it is unique to your baby's age, immune status, and nutritional needs. The brain of a breastfed baby is different from the brain of a formula fed baby (it has measurably more DHA, for example). Breastfed babies continue to benefit from the immunological benefits of their time of nursing long after they stop nursing. Mothers who breastfeed are less apt to develop ovarian or breast cancer and osteoporosis. Very few mothers actually cannot breastfeed, although many more believe that they cannot, due to poor information or lack of adequate support systems. For a long time we have allowed mothers to feel that the choice was a neutral one. Now we know that formula does not replicate human milk, and that there are serious risks to babies who are fed formula, particularly in the third world. There are babies (such as lactose intolerant ones or adopted ones) who have to be formula fed. There are a very few mothers (probably 2% or less) who are unable to produce adequate quantities of milk. In those situations formula should be a reluctant second best. Most babies should be breastfed. However, we should also be fighting to make sure that those babies who need formula get a safe product, not one with ingredients added simply as a marketing device. Mothers also need to know how to feed formula safely.

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Okay... I understand some women have problems breastfeeding... but its all in their heads!! This is due to crazy things modern medicine has put in womens heads about breastfeeding!! All women can breastfeed and CAN make enough milk to feed their babies. How in the world do you thing women 200, 300 years ago feed their children? Best book I ever read while pregnant Breastfeeding Made Simple (I cannot recall author)!! If you have to give your baby another kind of milk try goats milk not forumla... and if you don't wanna use that atleast go organic! :)

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