• Breastfeeding is the normal, natural way to feed your baby.
• The keys to success are early frequent feeding, proper positioning and latch of the baby at the breast.
• Avoidance of artificial nipples and supplemental feeding in the early days also helps ensure a positive outcome.
• Manufactured infant milk (formula) contains nutrients that are foreign to the human and are mixed in proportions that are not suitable to humans. Formula is unable to provide many of the nutrients found in breast milk.
• Babies feed differently from a bottle than they do from a breast.
• Infants who are not breastfed are at greater risk for: infections, respiratory illness, and allergic disorders.
• Mothers who do not breastfeed are at greater risk for: breast and ovarian cancer and osteoporosis.
• Families who do not breast feed spend more money on infant food, medicine; have more visits to the physician's office with sick children and more hospital admissions. 

Additional information and links on breastfeeding can be found at:

• Breastfeeding basics , produced by Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit.
• Babies and Children section of our site