Anytime man messes with God’s design it gets screwed up. Why we feed our precious babies milk intended for baby cows that has to be processed to the point that it is not even recognizable is beyond me. God gave every woman the ability to produce the perfect food which He designed for human babies. There are ingredients in breast milk that haven’t even been discovered yet and each time a new one is found, the formula companies are racing to play catch up. Thankfully, my own babies were not subjected to such an inferior product.
Not exactly correct...
Our first daughter was born 8 weeks early - My wife desperately wanted to breastfeed her (and the neonatologist HIGHLY recommended this, especially with the premature birth). Unfortunately, little Anna did not have the strength to breastfeed - so the pump came home - my wonderful wife dutifully pumped and pumped - and thankfully at least was able to do enough to supplement -but never produced enough to be the exclusive food for our tiny newborn. My wife felt like a failure - and it was battle getting beyond.
When our second daughter was born, we had high hopes that the breastfeeding thing would go better - full term an all. Well - disappointment. My wife didn't produce enough milk to feed anything but her frustration. Pump didn't help, nothing at all - and she tried everyone's advice.
Both children are well and growing these days (6 and 4 years old).
So your remarks, though probably well-intentioned, are more hurtful (and misinformed) than any possible good they might do. We both firmly believe in breastfeeding - and that is what we both wanted for our girls. But is apparently wasn't meant to be. I guess by your statement that maybe we should have just relied exclusively on breast milk - and if the girls starved to death... oh well, must be God's design...
I hope and pray that isn't what you meant..