Breast v Bottle

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What are the benefits of breastfeeding for baby?
Composition adapts to babies needs, provides immunity, reduces risk of SIDS, reduces risk of diseases (i.e. diabetes), improves digestion, improves neurological and cognitive development, promotes bonding
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What are the benefits of breastfeeding for mum?
Reduces risk of female cancers, aids weight loss, delayed resumption of ovulation, convenient, practical and free, promotes bonding, can soothe sore *******
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What are the barriers to breast feeding?
Demand on mums time and energy, embarassment, jealousy, lack of support, lactation issues and percieved inconvenience
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How can breastfeeding be promoted?
By accepting that breast feeding is an art to be perfected. Mums may require support with: positioning baby, effective latching and BF techniques.
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What are the practicalities of breast feeding
Initiating and maintaining BF takes work and technique, supply requires frequent sucking, during growth babies may feed more, breast milk can be expressed in advance
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What are the practicalities of bottle feeding?
Knowing how much is required, good feed position, equipment requires high hygiene standards, problems preparing food can put babies at risk
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What are the barriers to bottle feeding?
Posseting, colic, constipation, inadequate weight gain, excessive weight gain, cost
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