There is no man made replacement for mother’s milk. Breast milk is the best food for every newborn baby. It is perfectly balanced to provide all the nutrition necessary for an infant to survive and prosper.
In western countries, quite often mothers are not over fond of breastfeeding their babies, this may be due to fear of complications, busy schedules etc. However, in other countries, breastfeeding children is still the normal practice for most mothers. You are wrong if you think that breast-feeding is only for the impoverished and is an outmoded practice, breastfeeding children has numerous benefits both for you and for your baby.
The babies immune system, which is vital in protecting against disease, is helped by the mothers antibodies which are past to the baby in the mother’s breast milk. Because the breast milk is exactly the right diet for a baby it also helps protects the baby from heart diseases, crohn’s disease, and many other aliments. A lot of people don’t realize it but breastfeeding even reduces the risk of obesity when the baby becomes an adult. Studies have shown that breast-feeding children helps in preventing cancer and...