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Helping
Your Baby Get the Best Start in Life
Health
professionals, and even infant food
manufacturers, have been promoting
breastfeeding as the “optimal” method of
feeding newborns. Within this statement lies
the erroneous message that formula feeding
is the normal, acceptable way to feed a
baby. Experiencing childbirth and learning
infant care can be a stressful time in
people's lives and most of us are not
prepared to stretch for the “optimal”,
“best”, or “superior”. We are happy
to be normal. In the year 2000, the Health
Unit has focused on presenting the truth of
breastfeeding as being the normal way to
feed infants. Feeding artificial baby milk,
therefore, becomes substandard and inferior.
Parents have the right to know the risks of
feeding artificial baby milk. Two books, “Happy
Birth Day” by Robin H. Harris and “Mommy
Breastfeeds Our Baby” by Teresa P.
Carroll, were presented by the Health Unit
to 16 libraries in the tri-county area.
These books portray breastfeeding as the
normal, natural method of infant feeding.
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In
the year 2000, the Health Unit has focused
on presenting the truth of breastfeeding as
being the normal way to feed infants.
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