You'll have the best success with producing breast milk if you start breastfeeding immediately after delivery. If you're like most moms, you may use some sort of combination of breastfeeding and bottle-feeding during your baby's first year. That's why it's a good idea to know more about each of them. Your breast milk is the best possible food for your baby. It also provides minerals, vitamins, and enzymes that help with digestion, and antibodies that can help protect your baby from infection.
Infant formula is a nutritious alternative to breast milk.
It's patterned after breast milk, but it can't provide the enzymes and antibodies that breast milk does. It doesn't cost much to breastfeed your baby. Even though you need to increase your caloric intake, it still costs about a third of what formula costs. Also, you can breastfeed your baby whenever and wherever she's ready. There's no formula to mix or warm, and there's no need for extra equipment like bottles and nipples.