Personology of breast and bottle fed children

ABSTRACT

Much work has been done on advantages and disadvantages of bottle feeding regarding medical point of view but the aspects of personality make up with respect to mode of feed have yet to be explored in detail Present study highlights some psychological aspects of personality of the children [aged 5 to 10 years] who were breastfed or bottlefed during their lactation period. After collecting the data of more or less matched groups of both breast and bottlefed it was seen that breastfed babies are more psychologically secure and show less emotional problems, as compared to bottlefed who are less secure and show more emotional conflicts