Health Assessment on a Newborn Infant



Health Assessment on a Newborn Infant

Breastfeeding always has been the criterion standard for infant feeding. Prior to the advent of commercial formulas, breastfeeding was, in truth, the only way to feed an infant. The 20th century brought with it a dramatic change in the way an infant could be fed; for the first time in the evolution of man, nonhuman milk formulas were created and mass produced in such a way that allowed infants to survive and reach adulthood.

In the 21st century, despite marked improvements in the composition of such formulas, breastfeeding remains the superior ...