Hi Claudia here as some sites I have saved on Benefits of BF Maybe these may help you: http://www.mchlibrary.info/pubs/PDFs/breastfeedingtib.pdf http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/Benefits.pdf http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/Economics.pdf http://www.washington.edu/medical/uwmc/uwmc_clinics/matern/20010328_biospec. doc Cheers Karen Clements IBCLC Melb Aust Claudia asked: "I am looking for the statistics on the benefits of bf compared to formula feeding such as 3x less likely to have ear infections etc" *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html