SciMoms Agrees - Parents Need Safe Infant Feeding Information

SciMoms is a place parents can turn to for making evidenced-based decisions about their family. In August, Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh wrote an excellent guest post pointing out the need for parents to have not just more, but better information about infant feeding choices. Here is how she summarized the issue:

Instead of framing formula as inherently harmful— which is patently untrue—healthcare providers should consider informing parents on how to mitigate the risks of all feeding choices. It makes sense for each family to know how to make safe infant feeding choices based on their dynamic circumstances. 

If the goal of infant feeding policies is to ensure babies’ long and short term health, then infants deserve to be fed safely no matter the feeding choices parents make. That will require comprehensive, accessible guidance, even when plans to breastfeed exclusively change.

This is exactly what Formula Sense is about, ensuring parents have access to support and guidance for formula feeding.