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Formula feeding

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Feeding an infant or toddler prepared formula rather than breast-feeding, or in addition to breast-feeding.

Formula feeding is indicated when the mother has an illness that could be passed on to the baby through breast milk or through the close physical proximity required for breast-feeding.

Otherwise, experts in infant nutrition agree that breast-feeding is best

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