The mother is afraid she will not be able to give the second child
enough love and attention so she bottle-feeds. I've heard this lame excuse
also.
How about the feelings of that child when she grows up and thinks that mom
didn't love her enough to nurse her? To her sister: "Mom loves you best.
She nursed you and didn't nurse me." And she may also realize that during
her childhood she was sick a lot more often than her sister ...
Pam Wiggins, IBCLC, Franklin VA
website: http://www.bookzone.com/breastfeeding