Breastfeeding
     can be one of the happiest relationships of your whole life 

     Bottle-feeding
      is a feeding method
 

Breastfeeding
is immediate, simple, and nearly free 

Bottle-feeding
needs equipment, preparation, and about $3 perday 
plus extra medical expenses
 

     Breastfeeding
     provides a normal start in life 

    Bottle-feeding
     is artificial for both mother and baby
 

Breastfeeding
promotes normal jaw development 

Bottle-feeding
is linked to increased need for dental work
 

     Breastfeeding
      is the normal follow-up to birth for the mother's body 

   Bottle-feeding
     is linked to increased rates of postpartum hemorrhage,
     some maternal breast and ovarian cancers, 
     and more closely spaced births
 

Breastfeeding
provides a normal hormonal state for mothering 

Bottle-feeding
means mothering with low mothering hormones
 

     Breastfeeding
      lets the baby control his own appetite 

     Bottle-feeding
     can lead to overfeeding and later obesity
 

Breastfeeding
saves money for the family 

Bottle-feeding
makes money for industry and health care services 
 
 

     Human Milk
     has perhaps 1,000 known ingredients, including: 

• interferon and white blood cells
• antibacterial and antiviral agents
• intestinal soothers
• readily absorbed nutrients
• everything a baby is known to need

• tropical oils
• no anti-infective properties
• intestinal irritants
• poorly absorbed nutrients
• microdeficiencies

Human milk
offers several kinds of milk at each nursing

Formula
is the same throughout a feeding
 

     Human milk
     changes to meet the baby's changing needs

    Formula
     changes only with manufacturing and preparation errors, 
     which are common
 

Human milk
is non-allergenic

Formula
in standard form contains either of 2 common  allergens:
cow milk or soybeans
 

     Human milk
     is the human infant's only normal food

    Formula
     tries to approximate what's known about infant needs, 
     at low production cost. 
     Cow milk and soy are used not because they are the best 
     imitation of human milk, but because they are 
     readily available and cost-effective for industry.
 

Human milk
promotes normal brain development

Formula
is linked to lower intelligence scores
 

     Human milk
     is always clean, straight from the source

    Formula
     is easily contaminated
 

Human milk
promotes normal health in infancy and beyond

Formula
has been linked to increases in many infant illnesses, 
including SIDS, and to many long-term problems 
including malocclusion, breast cancer,
childhood lymphoma, vision deficits, and diabetes
 

     Human milk
     smells fine going in and coming out 

    Formula
     smells... interesting, because it encouragesthe growth
     of the wrong bacteria in the baby's intestines
 

Human milk
is simply the sensible start for the world's best baby

Formula
doesn't have to be for you and your baby