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Health care professionals say there’s an “up” side to the current downturn in the economy. More new mothers are choosing breastfeeding to save money.

Five-month-old Elizabeth Sander is one happy baby. Her mother chose breastfeeding, in part, to save money. “Not only for the cost of formula,” Megan Sander said, “but also studies have shown that there are fewer trips to the doctor, so that’s saving on co-pays and things as well.”

Sander is not alone in her practical choice to go with Mother Nature’s feeding plan. The Methodist Women’s Center reports a 12% increase in the number of women choosing breastfeeding and attending classes.

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I was reading a blog about pharmacology in nursing practice. The blog was hosted at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing. The post I was reading asked why one would want to know if a mother is breastfeeding when prescribing drugs. The comments got me thinking. More on Does Formula Feeding Decrease Prescription Drug Risks While Breastfeeding?

This UNICEF promotional video was created a couple of years ago to encourage women to breastfeed within one hour after giving birth. According to the video, “this keeps the baby healthy and strong and strengthens the bond between mother and child.” I had not seen this video until recently and thought I would post it to have here on the web site with the other breastfeeding videos. More on UNICEF Video Encourages Women to Breastfeed

Last December I wrote about melamine in infant formula. Based on the information I had at that time, I believed that the most likely sources of melamine contamination in our food supply was probably through intentional adulteration of animal feed, and, as Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the FDA suggested, melamine-based food packaging and plasticware. New research suggests a potential source of the melamine contamination may be a pesticide used on crops and in animal feed. More on Pesticide Linked to Melanine in Infant Formula

By Terri M.

When my oldest child was 3 months old we had to travel to the United States from Germany, where she was born. We traveled by plane from Berlin to Frankfort before going on to New York. While we were in Frankfort we were delayed several hours due to maintenance on the aircraft. All of the passengers were pretty much imprisoned in a small waiting area inside of the secure portion of the terminal. We were not allowed to leave that area because our bags were already on the plane and there was no security check point to re-clear us for boarding. More on Baby Can’t Eat Airline Food

Back in October, I wrote a blog about the various problems that can come with formula consumption, and ”problem number #1″ just became much more widespread and public - formula contamination. More on Melamine in Formula

Fluoride is generally touted in the mainstream media as wonderful stuff that our kids need. Breastfed infants receive less fluoride in breast milk, but is that bad news, or good news? What effect does fluoride have on infants? Read on to learn more. More on Breastfeeding, Formula Feeding and Fluoride

There are so many problems with formula as opposed to breast milk it is hard to know where to start. In this post I’ll set out three serious problems for you to consider. That doesn’t mean there aren’t more than three, or that these three reasons are the most compelling. It’s just a start to help you understand why many people feel that formula should only be a last resort food for parents to feed infants who cannot breastfeed for medical reasons. More on Infant Formula Problems

Moms generally choose for their children what they feel is beneficial, convenient, or harmless. But what if you found out that something that you thought was a harmless formula choice was actually dangerous for your baby and far from convenient? More on Formula and Infant Mortality