Every New Mother’s Decision

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Every new mother wants what is best for her new child. The months of planning and making decisions are all done to try to create a road map for a happy and healthy child. One of the important decisions that a mother has to make is whether to breastfeed or formula feed her newborn. Even though formula may have a few benefits to children, breastfeeding has extraordinary advantages that will carry a baby from infancy through adulthood. Choosing to breastfeed gives a child the ability to get a head start to a healthier, happier life. Breastfeeding can boost a child’s immune system to guard against diseases and can economically help the child’s family.

Being able to figure out what is the best choice for a newborn can be difficult to do. However, if a new mother chooses to breastfeed, this choice can carry a baby all the way through adulthood and can also have benefits for the mother. Even though formula contains many important nutrients that a newborn and young child needs, formula does not contain some of the more natural nutrients that help benefit the young child. Breast milk contains hormones that regulate a child’s appetite, which in return, helps to prevent the child from becoming obese later in life (Richards 12). In addition to preventing obesity, breastfeeding also decreases the risk of asthma, necrotizing enterocollitis,“otitis media, repertory track infections, atopic dermatitis, gastroenteritis, type 2 diabetes, and sudden infant death syndrome”(Chadha 1)(Breastfeeding Trends and Updated National Health Objectives for Exclusive Breastfeeding 760) (Weimer 25). Breastfeeding is able to prevent these diseases because breast milk contains natural antibodies that fight and protect babies from infirmities (Best for B...

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