If you bottle-feed your baby with a commercially prepared formula, you can be assured that both your baby's nutritional and emotional needs will be met. You will still bond with your baby just fine. The advantages of breast-feeding your newborn are many. Perhaps most importantly, breast milk is the perfect food for a human baby's digestive system. Commercial formulas try to imitate these ingredients, and are coming closer, but their exact combination cannot be duplicated.
Breast milk contains the vitamins and minerals that a newborn requires.
Breast-fed babies have fewer allergies later in life. Above all, mother's milk provides a baby with enzymes and antibodies that cannot even be approximated by formula manufacturers. Breast-feeding is great for moms, too. It burns calories and helps shrink the uterus, so nursing moms get back into shape quicker. Breast-feeding meets a variety of emotional needs for both the mother and the baby.