See the research I posted and there is tons more out there.I'm sorry if you can't "buy" it, but that does not make it untrue. Maybe you touched your baby just as much as a breast feeding mother. But that is not the norm. By averages my above statement is accurate. Now in all fairness the study does not include adopted babies. Though that is usually a different mindset when a baby is adopted and finally in your arms. I respect your choice to bottle feed, and if you cannot accept the studies then I cannot and don't care to change your mind. I read all the studies and chose what I thought was best for my children as I'm sure you did. I have seen the differences first hand. I will not get into a p*ssing contest with you over such a personal decision. you either breast feed or your don't and the decision is yours. Maybe your argument needs to be more on the lines of encouraging touch and discouraging bottle propping.