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EXCLUSIVE
Breastfeeding couples are up to £1700 better off per year than those who choose to bottle feed. Whilst the health benefits of breastfeeding are widely known, the financial perks are often overlooked.
MOUNTING COSTS
The cost of bottles, formula milk and sterilising equipment can mount up to a whopping £620.00 per year—the equivalent of a family holiday every year and enough to buy your baby a brand new outfit every week!
GREEN MILK
Breastfeeding is also better for the environment. The manufacture, transport and packaging of formula milk results in huge carbon dioxide emissions and thousands of tonnes of waste.
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thehub // Mar 10, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The Department of Health state that the average bottle-feeding baby will consume up to £540 of formula per year. Factoring in the average cost of bottle feeding equipment (around £80), electricity for heating, washing and sterilising bottles, as well as potential loss of earnings—and costs incurred—due to childhood illness and the potential savings associated with breastfeeding your baby could mount up to a whopping £1,700 per year!
FioanOades // Oct 5, 2009 at 6:34 pm
How do you get to the figure of £1700 per year? I am a breastfeeding peer supporter and would like to give this information to expectant mums but I need to know how it is calculated please?
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