breast feeding wards off bed-wetting

[monkeyboy]

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children breast-fed as infants are less likely to wet the bed later on, researchers reported on Wednesday, probably because they have a developmental edge

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[FreshTressa]

I wonder how much of an edge.

I have a breast fed kid and a bottle fed kid, and neither were bed wetters.

Seems like the benefits to breast feeding just keep coming.

 

[lookingforward]

I am a big supporter of breast feeding but...
whats next...saying breast fed babies are less likely to drop out of high school? Just kidding!
In my experience (three children) I breast fed two. My middle one was in ICU and got used to the bottle there. My bottle fed child was the easiest to potty train (age 2) and only my third child ever wet the bed (and she was the one I breastfed longest).

There is no doubt that breast is best but I wonder how moms that couldn't or decided not to breast feed feel when they read studies like that.

 

[FreshTressa]

I know....it makes me feel guilty about the one that I could not breast feed.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Interesting.

 

[720L]

I'm one of those moms who didn't breast feed and I am so sick of hearing all these reports!!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There is no doubt that breast is best but I wonder how moms that couldn't or decided not to breast feed feel when they read studies like that.

I see this a lot.

It does make me wonder--should studies be stopped just b/c some moms may be led to feel upset about their choices.

Where would medicine be if they stopped doing studies to avoid upsetting people?

If people get upset by any study for any reason--that is not the study's fault.

 

[noodleknitter]

I am a big fan of breastfeeding, but this is a study involving a mere 170 individuals, from what i understood, and did not show a causal relationship. There are studies out everyday that show that many of the current trends in life, junk food, bottle feeding, lack of excercise have negative impact on the growing child. A parent just has to decide what they are stuck with or comfortable with, and deal with it, IMO.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

That's a bunch of baloney. Both my children were breastfed. Well they exclusively had breastmilk for about 11 months. My youngest child gets more colds than the other and the oldest wet her bed for months and months while the other took about a day and a half to potty train. My sister also breastfed her three children and all three are prone to ear infections. I think breastmilk is best, but if you can't or don't want to then that's every person's own choice. As for what research shows, those studies aren't always accurate. Teh only thing that matters is how it affects you and your family.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There are studies out everyday that show that many of the current trends in life, junk food, bottle feeding, lack of excercise have negative impact on the growing child. A parent just has to decide what they are stuck with or comfortable with, and deal with it, IMO.

Well said!!


(I didn't read the study--both of mine were BF...my oldest has wet the bed a time or two ).

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

I nursed both of my DDs and neither one has ever wet the bed. Both have had totally different childhoods healthwise though. My oldest is rarely sick but my youngest was sick quite a bit as an infant - hospitalized twice for a week each time before she was 2.

I agree with the other posters - do what is best for you and your family.

 

[teacherforhi]

I don't get this study. They interviewed a bunch of bed wetters, determined that more were bottle fed than breast fed, and determined that THAT was the determining factor for the bed wetting?

So were all the children raised in identical homes with identical parents and had identical health histories?

 

[holycow]

Baloney!!! (or at least not in my family)

 

[ChrisnSteph]

What a croc. My DH was breast fed for quite a while, and he wet the bed until he was 12.

He would SO kill me if he knew I just shared that!

 

[crz4mm2]

BS.
I have one of each. BOth were bedwetters until about age 8 or 9.
I think they both took after their Dad and I (both bedwetters....).

 

[ZachnElli]

I don't believe this one either. I breastfed both my bio kids and one wet the bed every single night until 6, the other not at all. It's in the genes/kid, not the milk!

 

[Beth76]

I know....it makes me feel guilty about the one that I could not breast feed.

Please don't feel guilty. These studies are just silly. What's the relevance? There's always something we could be doing better for our children. Even mothers who breastfeed can find something to do better. We're not perfect people. We do what we need to do. Don't let silly studies make you feel bad for something that you can not change.

 

[paigevz]

I don't get this study. They interviewed a bunch of bed wetters, determined that more were bottle fed than breast fed, and determined that THAT was the determining factor for the bed wetting?

So were all the children raised in identical homes with identical parents and had identical health histories?

Identical bladders, identical drinking/eating habits, identical sleep patterns? I agree with you, if you couldn't tell............

I'm sure breastfeeding is great in most cases (I was allergic to my mother's milk), but this is a fallacy of logic. As I told my grandmother once in the following conversation:
"You are not bringing a parakeet into this house. Parakeets cause cancer."
"I will not bring a parakeet into your house if you don't want me to, but they do NOT cause cancer."
"Everyone I've ever known that had a bird had cancer."
"Well, grandma, did they also have doorknobs?"

(Before you flame me, I KNOW I was rude to my grandmother, and I have no defense except that I was 12 and should have had a dressing-down for it)

 

[taximomfor4]

Strange study. And I hesitate to use that word. Once I see bona fide research, then maybe I will believe a correlation. Let's see -- what else does breastfeeding correlate to?

~~~I know, I know.......A new study will show that breastfed kids have clearer complexions, narrower pores, straighter toes, thicker hair, whiter teeth, longer eyelashes, precocious puberty (especially if breastfed till age 11), tighter buns, stronger fingernails, and best of all............


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[Caradana]

No causation here, and the sample size is almost embarrassingly low. The study is meaningless.