Slate: Breast-feeding study - Benefits of breast over bottle have been exaggerated.
“When children from different families were compared, the kids who were breast-fed did better on those 11 measures than kids who were not breast-fed. But, as Colen points out, mothers who breast-feed their kids are disproportionately advantaged—they tend to be wealthier and better educated. When children fed differently within the same family were compared—those discordant sibling pairs—there was no statistically significant difference in any of the measures, except for asthma.” Higher risk of asthma. You’re not subjecting your child to a guaranteed life of asthma. Now, can people stop fearing the occasional bottle?
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