Mom of the Year I'm not...

I just ran across this article on AOL. It says that breastfed babies tend to be smarter than those babies who are solely formula fed, or even those babies who get half breastmilk and half formula. Don't get me wrong...my head hasn't been under a rock. I've heard of this before, but this particular study tested something like 12,000 mothers and babies. AND, they did the study in such a way that it esentially eliminates the argument that the breastfed babies are only smarter because the mothers who choose to breastfeed are typically the mothers who tend to spend more time with their children, teaching them and such.



Well, I guess I'm not getting any mother of the year awards since Eli is breastfed and formula fed. But that wasn't exactly my fault. You can't always make your body produce what it refuses to - even with modern medicine.

With my second child (MANY YEARS from now), I fully intend to breastfeed...as long as my body permits me to because there are alot of benefits to baby and mom. BUT, I think that when studies such as this are published, it makes alot of mothers question what they are already doing. I just want all Mommies out there to know that whatever choice they made for themselves and their babies is okay as long as they made it with the best of intentions.

And thats all I got to say about that.