Although breast milk is the best food for babies, we should also understand that not everyone can breastfeed nor do they want to. Depending on your life situation, it just might be easier to formula feed. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Commercially available baby formula has been with us for the last 50 years and it will likely stay. This is especially true since baby formula manufacturers continue to impove their products making formulas "even closer to breast milk".

Formula nutrition is something that every parent should consider before they decide to breastfeed or formula feed. Even if you do decide to breastfeed, you should know what is in baby formulas because:

• later, you may use it to mix with baby cereal;
• you may choose to supplement with an occasional bottle; or
• breastfeeding may not work for you. Would you express breast milk or go straight to formula?

1. Bottle feeding
2. Advantages of bottle feeding
3. Disadvantages of bottle feeding
4. Tips for bottle feeding success
5. Breastfeeding
6. Advantages of breast feeding
7. Disadvantages of breast feeding
8. Tips for breast feeding success