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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. The digestive tract develops between 4-6 months, hence new recommendations to start solids at 6 months. Before it fully develops you have two issues with formula: 1) colic and 2) allergies/inflammation, from proteins that pass through the immature tract into the bloodstream. Some scientists believe this can be linked to inflammatory processes that cause disease later in life. I also think with breast milk it is easier to control your diet to reduce or eliminate colic. I learned how to do that with my first, and my second barely ever cried from digestive issues.

It’s just one factor among many, but personally I would breastfeed and pump a few extra ounces every day. You would have enough of a stash to go to six months, after which the benefits of breastfeeding are about passing on antibodies and less about protecting the developing gut. If you only breastfed before and after work at that point and baby had other foods, you could still pass on the antibodies.

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Also, neither of my EBF kids had any issue with a bottle.

As for pumping at work, there are tons of hand free pumps now. Like PP said you could pump while eating lunch. It takes 10 minutes. I have pumped at conferences, on trains, on planes, everywhere. It’s not a big deal. The thing about parenting is that many things are pay now or pay later. You need to see if your baby takes formula well, as many babies don’t and have massive digestive issues in the first few months from it. It might be that the inconvenience of pumping save syou three months of a non stop screaming baby during your leave. [/quote]

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