I'm introducing some new measures to decrease formula supplementation in our hospital, and I found a patient education handout on the California Dept. of Public Health website that lists risks of formula supplementation.  It says:  

Exclusively breastfeeding a healthy term baby:
1.	encourages early milk production (supplementation may delay milk production)
2.	decreases the chance of jaundice
3.	provides better weight gain

I don't quite understand #2 and #3, and I know they will be questioned by our staff.  Breastfed infants do have more jaundice and more weight loss compared to formula fed infants.  But this statement is comparing breastfed / formula supplemented babies to exclusively breastfed babies...correct?  So because of #1 (encourages early milk production), #2 and #3 are true.  Do I have it? 

Can anyone point me to references of this?

Thank you,
Julie Conaway, RN, IBCLC

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