Experienced mothers doctors childcare practitioners and lactation experts everyone advised you against formula feeds. Being a doting mother you dutifully adhered to your baby's breast feeding demands. But if you are contemplating formula for your baby keep these points in mind. When to start: Do not be tempted to switch to formula feeds anytime before your baby is six months of age. Breastfeeding has a lot of benefits and one of them is to save your baby from stomach infections or allergies due to foods other than breast milk. Even if demand feeding is stressful don't just give up. How