Adding Formula May Not Sway Baby from Breast
March 14, 2018 | By Suzanne Leigh
For infant nutrition, breast-is-best is common advice. Now, a study led by researchers at UCSF has demonstrated a seemingly contradictory way for newborns losing more weight than most to breastfeed in the longer term: add a little formula for a couple of days.
For infants in this study, offering formula after each breastfeeding for an average of two days did not stop new mothers from continuing to breastfeed, nor did it have a detrimental impact on the bacteria lining the infant’s intestines, the authors concluded in the study publishing in The Journal of Pediatrics on March 14, 2018.