[KTTC-TV, February 25, 2016] A mother's milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns and infants.
"Human babies were meant to receive human milk, you know. They get all these wonderful antibodies, the perfect balance of protein, nutrients, lots of protection from the mother, directly, which and those are the things that can't be replicated through formula,” said Kimberly Kretschner, a Lactation Consultant at United Hospital in St. Paul.