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Infant formula makers market their goods aggressively to new mothers. The formula makers fully understand that once a child is on formula, a mother will soon st
by alasdair_ 4y ago
Infant formula makers market their goods aggressively to new mothers. The formula makers fully understand that once a child is on formula, a mother will soon stop being able to create her own milk and the baby will have to use formula from then on.
Not every new parent fully understands this, especially in places that don’t have a lot of marketing dollars spent influencing people at one if the most vulnerable times of their life.
This can, and does, lead to situations where the mother’s milk dries up “early” and then formula isn’t available and the baby dies.
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- Gordonjcp 4y agoSee, your problem here is you're assuming the mother is the only one feeding a child.
- alasdair_ 4y agoI deliberately said “new parent”.
- lumost 4y agoIt's also incredibly common for mothers not to have sufficient supply regardless of formula use. This results in a negative spiral where the baby won't be fed enough, and the mother isn't able to sleep, resulting in even less supply. Formula allows the mother to sleep, and the baby to be properly fed, even when they mother wants to breast feed.