Alliance Breastfeeding » formula http://alliancebreastfeeding.com Superior Knowledge & Service You've Been Searching For! Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Hospital Practices Influence Which Moms Will Breast-Feed http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/04/hospital-practices-influence-which-moms-will-breast-feed/ http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/04/hospital-practices-influence-which-moms-will-breast-feed/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:30:23 +0000 cslactrn http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/?p=452 Offers of water, formula supplementation cut likelihood new mothers will achieve goals

HealthDay

By Robert Preidt

“FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) — Hospital practices such as providing formula or water to supplement breast-feeding significantly reduce the number of mothers who breast-feed only, U.S. researchers report.

They analyzed national survey data from 1,573 mothers who gave birth in a hospital [...]]]> http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/04/hospital-practices-influence-which-moms-will-breast-feed/feed/ 0 Formula: Better for the last before-bed feed? http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/formula-better-for-the-last-before-bed-feed/ http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/formula-better-for-the-last-before-bed-feed/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:15:01 +0000 cslactrn http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/news/?p=52 This is a great Q&A from ivillage!

Q:  Many of my friends have told me if I give my baby a formula feeding before bed it will help him sleep through the night. So far this experiment has been a disaster, with crying, screaming and constipation. Should I rely on just breastfeeding for my four month [...]]]> http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/formula-better-for-the-last-before-bed-feed/feed/ 0 How Safe Are Infant Formulas? http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/how-safe-are-infant-formulas/ http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/how-safe-are-infant-formulas/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:43:25 +0000 cslactrn http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/news/?p=42 The FDA recently announced that they will allow the chemical Melamine in Baby Formulas a month after they announced it was not safe. The FDA found trace amounts of the chemical Melamine (which has caused havoc in Asia sickening and killing pets and children) in 2 products: Nestlé’s Good Start Supreme Infant formula with iron, [...]]]> http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2009/03/how-safe-are-infant-formulas/feed/ 0 Toll From Tainted Chinese Formula Climbs http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/toll-from-tainted-chinese-formula-climbs/ http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/toll-from-tainted-chinese-formula-climbs/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:42:09 +0000 cslactrn http://nursingzone.com/blog/?p=8 For immediate release

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Toll From Tainted Chinese Formula Climbs to 53,000; Producer [...]]]> http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/toll-from-tainted-chinese-formula-climbs/feed/ 0 HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/hhs-toned-down-breast-feeding-ads/ http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/hhs-toned-down-breast-feeding-ads/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:01:26 +0000 cslactrn http://nursingzone.com/blog/?p=6 By Marc Kaufman and Christopher Lee

Washington Post Staff Writers  –Friday, August 31, 2007

In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not [...]]]> http://alliancebreastfeeding.com/2008/09/hhs-toned-down-breast-feeding-ads/feed/ 0