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So, is there another alternative besides soy and cow milk for feeding babies?
by r2d2klapa 9y ago
So, is there another alternative besides soy and cow milk for feeding babies?
- angersock 9y agoHuman breast milk? You know, as nature intended?
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- r2d2klapa 9y agoOf course. My daughter is 18 months old and fed exclusively with breast milk. We want to wean her soon, so we are looking for alternatives.
- jdmichal 9y agoMy son is 17 months and has been on zero milk or formula since around 12 months. We were weaning him already, but he went cold turkey by himself after he caught a 24-hour stomach bug and vomited milk all day... We started with blended foods around 6 months I think, and added in small solid foods once he got teeth. At this point, we give him whole berries or veggie chunks and he'll take small bites and munch it down. He's getting some molars breaching now; once they fully emerge we'll start working on chewing larger pieces. I should probably not be as excited about this as I am...
- taberiand 9y agoAs a parent, it is very exciting and a joy to see them grow and reach their milestones.
- taberiand 9y agoSolids and water?
- bitJericho 9y agoat 18 months she should be ready to switch over entirely. Soy would not be appropriate for a child unless she has milk allergies. Feed her whole milk, it's incredibly important for her brain development.
- throwaway413 9y ago> Feed her whole milk, it's incredibly important for her brain development. No, no it's not.
- undersuit 9y agoThe fats in whole milk are, but you can get the appropriate fats from other sources.
- throwaway413 9y agoDefinitely, as you said - it's the fats, not the milk.
- bitJericho 9y agoIt absolutely is. We have evolved to eat cooked food and drink milk. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/evolution_of_lactose_tolerance_why_do_humans_keep_drinking_milk.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolu... https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy-nutrients-health https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy-nutrients-health http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/importance-of-milk-in-diet http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/importance-of... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039733/
- mustacheemperor 9y agoThat NIH publication is interesting. Other than that these sources seem sketchy. Not to put a horse in the race, but if you're trying to argue that the milk lobby isn't responsible for the idea that milk is necessary for development, the people behind the food pyramid and the literal milk lobby are not the best sources to cite.
- pesfandiar 9y agoHow does she get things like Vitamin D or iron that breast milk is missing?
- mach5 9y agonot OP but we were directed by our doctor to supplement with Vitamin D, which we do once daily. easy fix
- derefr 9y agoI assume the parent poster means "in cases where a lactating mother isn't freely available." Can you buy human breast milk?
- warrenm 9y ago>Can you buy human breats milk Yes - though it's a caveated "yes". In some places, selling human milk is illegal - but sharing it is not.
- Qworg 9y agoNot legally. There are underground exchanges and black markets, etc. La Leche League can hook you up.
- Sleeep 9y agoYes, legally. Human milk can be obtained from a milk bank with a doctor's prescription[1] and sells for $3-5 an oz.[2] [1]http://milkbankne.org/receive/ http://milkbankne.org/receive/ [2]https://lactationmatters.org/2013/11/08/why-is-donor-milk-so-expensive/ https://lactationmatters.org/2013/11/08/why-is-donor-milk-so...
- Qworg 9y agoInteresting! We had looked into this before and found that it was difficult/impossible. I'm glad it exists!
- Sleeep 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_milk_bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_milk_bank
- brianlweiner 9y agoOnly 13% of mothers are able to provide breast milk for 100% of their child's needs for the first 6 months, according to NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/09/23/225349120/to-succeed-at-breast-feeding-most-new-moms-could-use-help http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/09/23/22534912...
- anothername 9y agoThis is what is written in your link, "Only 13 percent manage to breast-feed exclusively for the six months that are recommended for a baby's health". If there was no formula do you think there would be a 87% mortality rate for babies?
- jdmichal 9y agoNo. That's why wet nurses [0] were -- and in some areas still are -- a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse
- rhinoceraptor 9y agoIt's a bit like how in the modern era where food access is abundant, it's seen as strange and unhealthy to fast. But somehow humanity survived before this access to food, at times not eating for weeks.
- kurthr 9y agoI think I understand the problem, but I think "able to provide breast milk" seems very open to interpretation. Babies are disruptive even before you have to pump or feed every 4 hours. But if you stop even a few times the body will stop providing milk. If your schedule doesn't support that (or you screw up occasionally) it will have a big effect. However, that really means that you're not willing (ex a few percent who would have had dead children) to do what would have been required a few hundred years ago. Formula for a majority is a convenience... and has been since we used wet nurses and cow's milk.
- menacingly 9y agoThere is no link you could possibly share to make that number make sense.
- cholantesh 9y ago>intended Awfully presumptuous.
- angersock 9y agoOnly if you are somehow ignorant of biology and evolution I guess?
- cholantesh 9y agoImplying that evolution has 'intent' is pretty ignorant, yes.