Giving Babies Formula In Early Days May Help Prolong Breastfeeding For Some
In a bid to promote breastfeeding, hospitals push to reduce formula feeding in infants in the days following their birth. But in a new study, the first to carry out a randomized trial, researchers show that giving small amounts of formula to newborns who lose a lot of weight in their first few days of life, can actually help prolong breastfeeding in the long term…
May 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: carry-out, days, help-prolong, hospitals-push, new-study, oncalldietitian.com, randomized-trial, the-first, the-long, their-first