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Formula? These parents definitely have too much money to spend.

• boomboomsubban 5y ago
  With a working mother, going 100% breast milk can be a very difficult task. And that's not even considering the scenarios where breast milk may not be an option.
  • AlexTWithBeard 5y ago
    Scenarios when breast milk is not an option do exist, but they're extremely rare. Story time: when we were expecting our first one, me and my wife went to the hospital for their maternity facilities tour. Hospitals have these monthly, so that expecting mothers know what to expect (a pun?). In the end of the tour the nurse asked who's gonna breastfeed and who's using formula. 7 out of 10 went with formula. FUCKIN 7 OUT OF 10. All were first time mothers, so no, it's not that they knew something was wrong with their tits. So unless you gonna tell me something is in the air of Alabama [1], no, I'm not buying your argument. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/facts.html
    • boomboomsubban 5y ago
      My main argument was that working mothers struggle to breastfeed exclusively, and your source backs that up multiple times. Beyond that, I'm from a dark blue state, so we may have different experiences to draw on
  • mensetmanusman 5y ago
    Based on the health differentials between formula/natural, I wonder if actuaries have calculated the effective cost burden of the different methods. E.g. are the health externalities of formula such that one should pay women not to use it?
• pengaru 5y ago
  It's surprisingly expensive! But I've heard it's also not particularly healthy even, being chock full of sugar/hfcs and allegedly plays a significant role in child obesity.