Comments on: The History of Bottle Feeding http://babysbest.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-history-of-bottle-feeding/ Nurture Your Baby the Natural Way at www.babysbest.co.uk Tue, 05 May 2009 12:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pushpinder Singh http://babysbest.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-history-of-bottle-feeding/#comment-112 Pushpinder Singh Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:48:10 +0000 http://babysbest.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-112 I used to drink milk but have since given up after analyzing a few facts from nature. Just want to make a few telling points, if I may. We humans belong to the class of mammals. All mammals, on birth of their newborns, start breast feeding, till the infant, be it a calf, a foal, a tigress cub, reaches an age when they are ready to be weaned off. Thereafter a calf gets onto a vegetarian based diet, a tiger cub goes onto flesh, a foal onto hay and what have you. In nature, i don't think there is a single example of any mammal, as an adult, resorting to consuming milk. Ever! Except, when we keep dogs and cats as pets, and feed them cows milk. In the wild, I'm sure, they would have not done that. The reason why we consume milk is, probably, because it is easily available and is a reasonably good source of nutrition. Rest assured, as evident from nature, it is not an essential part of our diet, or else, all mammals would have been having milk all their lives. Amongst human infants, bottle feeding with cows milk is a strict no- no. Milk as we all know, is species specific. Cows milk is ideally suited for the calf. Similarly human milk is ideal for human infants. This has been amply highlighted by the World Health Organization in a number of their publications. Bearing in mind the above facts, it would be nice if you could highlight these on your website and dissuade people from making a beeline for cows milk bars. Promote Breast Feeding!!!! I used to drink milk but have since given up after analyzing a few facts from nature.

Just want to make a few telling points, if I may.

We humans belong to the class of mammals. All mammals, on birth of their newborns, start breast feeding, till the infant, be it a calf, a foal, a tigress cub, reaches an age when they are ready to be weaned off. Thereafter a calf gets onto a vegetarian based diet, a tiger cub goes onto flesh, a foal onto hay and what have you. In nature, i don’t think there is a single example of any mammal, as an adult, resorting to consuming milk. Ever! Except, when we keep dogs and cats as pets, and feed them cows milk. In the wild, I’m sure, they would have not done that.

The reason why we consume milk is, probably, because it is easily available and is a reasonably good source of nutrition. Rest assured, as evident from nature, it is not an essential part of our diet, or else, all mammals would have been having milk all their lives.

Amongst human infants, bottle feeding with cows milk is a strict no- no. Milk as we all know, is species specific. Cows milk is ideally suited for the calf. Similarly human milk is ideal for human infants. This has been amply highlighted by the World Health Organization in a number of their publications.

Bearing in mind the above facts, it would be nice if you could highlight these on your website and dissuade people from making a beeline for cows milk bars.

Promote Breast Feeding!!!!

]]> By: Anna Noble http://babysbest.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-history-of-bottle-feeding/#comment-110 Anna Noble Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:29:13 +0000 http://babysbest.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-110 Some mothers CAN'T breastfeed for medical reasons; other than that, manufactured fake milk is NOT for babies---BREASTMILK IS! Don't be fooled by how "easy" formula feeding is--it ISN'T nearly as easy as what is naturally from a mother's body. Do your research---breastmilk IS and ALWAYS HAS BEEN the BEST!!! Some mothers CAN’T breastfeed for medical reasons; other than that, manufactured fake milk is NOT for babies—BREASTMILK IS! Don’t be fooled by how “easy” formula feeding is–it ISN’T nearly as easy as what is naturally from a mother’s body.

Do your research—breastmilk IS and ALWAYS HAS BEEN the BEST!!!

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