Baby milk prices punish breastfeeding

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'Baby milk prices punish those who don't breastfeed'

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Mumsnet says high price of baby milk makes parents feel 'punished' for not breastfeeding.

Retailers in the UK are not allowed to advertise or offer discounts on infant formula.

Competition watchdog has recommended the ban on price promotions be overturned.

Competition and Markets Authority found prices for formula jumped between 18% and 36% in two years .

His son was born in September and is fed on a mixture of formula and breast milk. Family friends recommended Kendamil , which costs 15 a tin and lasts his son about a week . If anything, rather than not allowing promotions on formula, Nelson thinks parents should be given help towards the cost. "With the price of everything else going up, I expected there would be some assistance for essential things like baby milk," he says. Additional reporting by Bernadette McCague and Rozina Sini ..

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