What do systematic reviews say?

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) vs exclusive breastfeeding

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) showed no clear difference in any breastfeeding at discharge compared with exclusive breastfeeding (low certainty).

• Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full‐term infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.02 [0.97, 1.08]
  1 study · 100 participants
  Low

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) vs exclusive breastfeeding

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) may leads to higher any breastfeeding at 3 months compared with exclusive breastfeeding (low certainty).

• Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full‐term infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.21 [1.05, 1.41]
  2 studies · 137 participants
  Low

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) vs exclusive breastfeeding

• Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full‐term infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 39 participants
  Low

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) vs exclusive breastfeeding

It is very uncertain whether non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) changes infant morbidity ‐ allergy symptoms ‐ Infants with allergy symptoms… compared with exclusive breastfeeding (very low certainty).

• Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full‐term infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.56 [0.35, 0.91]
  1 study · 207 participants
  Very low

Non‐exclusive breastfeeding (artificial milk) vs exclusive breastfeeding

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Early additional food and fluids for healthy breastfed full‐term infants 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found