Breast-Feeding Mentally Bonds Mothers to Infants, Study Finds

I had a well rounded kid (now an adult) who was breast fed for 14 months. How does that fit in with your theory?

You are SO WRONG and spewing BS! Breastfed babies do far better than formula-fed babies in so many areas. You better start researching and stop spreading lies.

Um. And is this according to some sort of super reliable information you came across, or your own wonderful observation skills? Whichever it is, it is a terrible source.

That comment about breastfed babies being more dependent and sickly is just plan wrong. I breastfed my daughter and have lots of friends who breastfed and we've found that if you allow a baby and child to be dependent when they need to be then they are more independent when they are ready. In my case my daughter ran to the bus on her first day of school without hardly a wave to me and managed to succeed in college, did a study abroad and is now has a masters degree! She was hardly ever sick and we have a close relationship now!

Are you serious!? Where did you hear about kids having social and mental issues if they are breast fed? That is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard. My son was breast fed for four months and the whole time he was healthy and is currently healthy now. Yes, all children tend to get sick at times but I can tell you now, breast milk is by far more nutritious and organic than any man made powder for children. I know of several people who were breastfed as children and are now the most successful self sufficient people I know.

I breastfed for 8 years and I'm just fine.

I have heard lots of excuses on why people don't breastfeed, this is no different. You're saying this to make yourself feel better for not breastfeeding, because there isn't a study out there that would back you up.

You're full of crap.

There is no evidence to back up your claim. If your writing did not reveal such buck-tooth ignorance, I would say you had a financial interest in the formula industry. As it is, you probably only have a financial interest in a run down double wide.

i have FOUR amazingly self-sufficient children - all mostly grown and gone - except for my national honor society senior who's graduating this spring and going to college in the fall. they were all breast fed for a MINIMUM of two YEARS - except for my son, who preferred to wean himself when he was six months old. my children are as far from dependent as you can get at 30, 26, 24 and 17. so how does THAT fit into your "theory?"

I respectfully have to disagree,l I have breastfed 3 children, and yes there is connection that is present that is not there with a bottle fed infant. Research has shown in MANY studies that infants who are breast fed had much FEWER allergies, FEWER viral and bacterial infections and acutally have a higher IQ. I am a RN with a grad degree in Maternal child, I have practiced for 28 years and what you believe is entirely wrong. Please do not badmouth any mother who choses to nurse her infant. She is doing what is best for her child. The risk of developing Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, is greatly decreased in the breast fed child. The Being who designed the feeding method for our infants is much more intelligent than any human.

That's so wrong... I breastfed both of my sons for a year each & they were independent from an early age & they are the most well balanced adults you'd ever want to know. They're great husbands, too.

I was determined not to whitewash & lie to them or keep family secrets, so they learned from others experiences & were able to trust in their own judgments.

There's plenty of mamas boys that never breastfed & it's because the mothers control rather than teach them to be accountable & think for themselves.

I have to respectfully disagree with you. I nursed all my children, and they are very well adjusted. There is absolutely no evidence to support your claims.

That is without doubt the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I breast fed my son for 20 months. He started school at 4, was an honor student and a three sport varsity athlete. He is now 28 years old, a college grad with a great job. He has lived on his own for nine years. Now who is the loser?

Is this the excuse you use for yourself?

The lack of intelligence on the part of Great is obvious in wanting it's child to be able to handle self "alliance" as an adult. I guess Great's kid suffers from disassociative identity disorder and by the time the child reaches adulthood, Great wants the multiple personalities to have developed into allies. I, too, nursed my son until 3, who rarely even picked up a cold and today is a very independent, successful individual. I, too, have never heard such drivel. I imagine that before the invention of formula if Great wasn't rich enough to afford a wet nurse to prevent mother-child bonding, its child would have been left to die of starvation---better to have a dead kid than one with all the issues Great seems to think nursing causes.

You are clueless.

I disagree only on the grounds that while my son is cautious and observant at first, he is very sociable and very well adjusted in my semi-biased opinion. I think independence has more to do with personality traits while being well-adjusted is in direct feedback to the environment provided for the child. Breastfed children stick a little closer to mom because they simply feel safe; the world is a crazy place and frankly I'd be happy to stay by my mother too in an unusual place. Let a kid be a kid.