Jessica wrote 8/3: "Breastmilk does not make babies healthier.
Breastmilk is a natural process.  Anything that is natural can't make
you healthier. I relate this thinking to smoking and not smoking. A
person who chooses not to smoke doesn't become healthier by choosing not
to smoke. By not smoking they are at their baseline of health.
Smoking on the other hand is not 'normal/natural' so by choosing to
smoke a person decreases their health. Formula is not 'natural/normal'.
So infants who are feed formula have a decreased risk of health. Just
like smoking the more formula a child has the potential for their health
to decrease increases. "

I LoVe this explanation!  As, I'm sure many of us do, on a daily basis I
am rearranging the way I speak to pts to form something that makes good
sense and 'turns the lights on' in parents.  Jessica has a great
explanation here.  I'm going to try it out! 
Thanks to Diane Weissinger for motivating us to speak from the normal
perspective and for Jessica's efforts on putting this one out there!

Betsy Wells-Gephart, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant, Charge Nurse
Chandler Regional Medical Center
480.728.3161 office
602.656.1594 pager

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