[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

There's no actual harm though.

There's arguments that breastfeeding can "improve" the child in some ways.

But that doesn't equate to no breastfeeding being harmful in anyway.

Like driving a car to work is a benefit to getting to work, but managing without that benefit is not harmful. if that makes sense?

I'm gonna admit to being pretty unknowledgeable on these things but a quick Google search brings this article up for example where it is considered harmful

'For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812877/