[Mothers in the Netherlands do not have to feel guilty about bottle-feeding their babies].

: Human milk provides optimal nutrition for the term new-born infant. This milk might give the infant certain advantages over formula milk, and the potential advantages are reviewed in this commentary. It is concluded that there are advantages to breastfeeding, but that these are limited for an infant in an industrialised country receiving adequate formula milk. Breastfeeding should be encouraged, but there is insufficient reason for a mother who either is not able or not willing to breastfeed to feel guilty about not doing so.