Infant formula adverts appear EVERYWHERE >:(

Research shows that breast feeding is more beneficial to babies and that babies are bottle fed are more prone to particular illnessess

Your use of the word hazardous seems pretty harsh to me because no woman sets out to harm her baby!

I'm very pro breast feeding but it is not for every woman they should not be madero feel like they are doing a harmful thing by choosing to give their child formula as yor use of the words hazardous suggest!"

Back to the opening post the logo is for cow and gate not formula even if the link goes back to a site with formula milk on it so what!! It is not the fault of companies that some woman will choose to give their babies formula! I sometimes feel spry for women who may come across these post and how they must feel when they see some of the comments posted on these forums regarding formula feeding!

I totally agree with an informed choice. However, informed in my eyes should in fact include the dangers of artificial feeding. Research has in fact prove that formula isnt sterile and statistics prove that babies have suffered as a result of formula. The milk companies spend on average £5 on advertising for every child born in the UK but hardly anything on educating parents on preparing feeds correctly. The NHS only spend on average 40p per child born on promotion of breast feeding and also spend money to pay for NHS staff to educate parents on safe artificial feeding. Its crazy and boils my blood!

Excuse the dreadful grammar, fault of my rubbish phone

I'm not criticising any woman, whether she bottle feeds or not. I have a problem with these companies being allowed to advertised.

The fact is there are risks involved with formula, and we can't pretend there are not and censor the debate because it might upset some women, isn't that just stopping other women from accessing the facts?

Being a mother who desperately tried to breast feed only to discover after loads of support and help I actually wasn't producing any milk, I was so glad that my midwives helped me make an informed choice on formula and all the pros and cons of different stages, mixes brands and supplements so I could dispatch my husband to get the right one as I was in hospital 2 weeks with no real Internet etc.

Breast will always be best but if you have wonky ones or a poor diet then women may need some help. Right now there are a lot of mothers and babies presenting with vit D deficiency and in this case supplementing mothers milk is a good idea.

Also remember some women who have to formula feed didn't plan it that way and are dealing with a lot of pressure and guilt from it, I know I struggled and worried time I should have been enjoying my new bundle of joy.
I do believe the facts and choices need to be out there so in some small way FF moms feel like the have some control over the milk that their baby receives especially if the choice to BF isn't there, I was on chemo 5 weeks post partum for my lupus so even if I had have BF I needed something for my son to move to. ( I know women like me are the exception but we still need care and people who can help us through choices)


Ps please don't all shout at me xxx