The Bite:
Break out the full moons, andbreastfeed instead of using formula.It’ll not only smarten up your newborn, it’s less expensive than bottle-feeding and has big health payoffs for both mom and child that are outta this world.
Want your kid to have a better shot at becoming a rocket scientist?
12.22.2008
Submitted by aguru on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 3:44pm.
The Benefits:
- Unearthly health benefits for both of you. Breast milk contains antibodies, digestive enzymes, and hormones that formula can’t duplicate. Breastfeeding also reduces mom’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer, plus lops off about 500 calories a day.
- A cleaner solar system. Formula and its packaging require energy to produce and create a lotta waste (500 million cans go to landfills each year).
- Getting NASA scouts knocking on your door. A study of almost 14,000 kids found that breastfed tots average seven and a half more IQ points than nonbreastfed kids.
- Galaxy-size cash savings. Infant formula costs about $1,500 for baby’s first year.
Personally Speaking:
For years (and years) Sharon Waldrop of Crawford, GA, mother of four, breastfed her babies just about everywhere - grocery shopping, getting a pedicure, standing in line at the post office…
Wanna Try:
- La Leche League - learn more about breastfeeding.
- Kellymom.com - 10-year-strong advice and community website by lactation expert Kelly Bonyata.
- Many hospitals have lactation consultants available, and they’re sometimes covered by insurance; just call yours to find out.
Timeout
Brooklyn-based mom Camille Pagán's six-month-old daughter Indira is happily breastfed.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Mama Biters breastfeed instead of buying formula for a year, we'll keep the weight of 10,200 strollers in empty formula cans out of landfills and save a collective $15 million.
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