>We're also told that breast-feeding leads to babies with higher IQs and lower rates of childhood obesity than their formula-fed counterparts. I understand why people find this appealing, but I don't plan to raise my daughter to understand intelligence in terms of a single test score, or to measure health and beauty by body mass index. IQ has been proven time and time again to be a valid indicator of the *potential to learn and integrate patterns*. I find it disgusting that many parents will completely disregard IQ. Even a few teachers I know dislike IQ as a general indication of the ability to recognize patterns. >At the office, I pump milk two times a day. When I come home, we nurse, and then at 7 p.m., we nurse before she goes to bed. A few nights a week, I go out to dinner for work. So this lady likes to abandon her child? Why isn't the husband at the office? This child's continuum of care is being disrupted every time it's away from mommy. An hour to you or I is nothing. An hour to a baby is a significant portion of their life so far. The rest of the article is awesome and the lady is spot on with most of her info. Milk is a miracle.