Many mothers prefer bottle feeding rather than breast-feeding. But there are a lot of disadvantages of bottle feeding. Lots of people are ignorant about the disadvantages of bottle feeding and think that it is good for the health of the baby as well as the mother. But there are various side effects of bottle feeding. It affects the immunity levels of the baby.
Some of the disadvantages of bottle feeding are mentioned below. Go through the page to know more about them:
Babies who are bottle fed with formula milk are likely to develop different types of illness. Some of these include diarrhea or a chest, ear, or urine infection. The premature babies can also develop the severe but rare disease of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) if they are not breast-fed. In this case the intestines are damaged due to infection and a poor supply of blood. It will also increase the chances of allergies in babies.
When the parents are making formula milk, it is possible to get the mixture wrong. It may be too strong, too weak, or too hot. There is also a lot of work, which involves thoroughly washing and sterilizing all of the equipment that is needed for bottle-feeding. If something goes wrong. There are high chances that the baby may develop infections. This is a disadvantage of bottle feeding.
There are lots of studies carried out comparing babies who were breastfed with those who were bottle fed babies. In most of the studies it has been found that bottle fed babies have an increased risk of obesity at least until six years of age. This is also a disadvantage of bottle feeding.
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Once if you decide not to breastfeed your baby it is difficult to reverse the decision and start breastfeeding again. In case if you decide to combine bottle feeding with breastfeeding do not introduce bottle feeding during the first six weeks. The difference between nipples can confuse the baby, which can cause feeding problems. This is another disadvantage of breast feeding.
A major disadvantage of bottle feeding is that the baby will miss out on unique antibodies and hormones contained in your breast milk. These antibodies and hormones develop the immunity levels in the baby. It also helps in the growth of the baby. So it is always advised by the doctors to go for breast feeding in the initial stages.
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