1. Saves you a lot of money. Like A LOT. Really.
2. Breast milk contains almost the perfect mix of all the nutrients your baby needs which makes it the healthiest and most ideal food for your baby. The only one that is not enough on it is vitamin D which is why you have to take your baby out for a sun bathing. NO other formulated milk can provide the same amount or composition of milk to your baby. ONLY BREAST MILK.
3. Your baby's needs changes every month as he/she grows, and so as your breast milk! It changes its composition too according to your baby's needs especially on the first month. Just how cool is that, huh?
4. Breast milk is loaded with antibodies and this is why it always shows on studies that children who are breastfed have better resistance and immune system. This we have proven by personal experience. Our first born is turning 3 years old and we only had one hospital trip ever since. It wasn't even necessary to take her to the hospital. We just really panicked as first time parents. Have we known better, we won't have any hospital trip at all!
5. You don't have to worry about diarrhea and constipation. Constipation on babies is no joke. When I was younger, I saw a mom who had to slide a finger inside the baby's bum just to help her take the poop out. It was horrifying for both the baby and the parents. Even to me who was just watching the entire scene. I could never forget it my entire life. 
6. It's still inconclusive but experts' studies show that children who were breastfed have better IQ scores later in life. They think that the fatty acids found on breast milk are the brain boosters.
7. Breastfeeding gives a special bond between the mom and the baby. Bottle fed babies form a bond with their parents too but the skin-to-skin contact during breastfeeding makes all the difference. It is definitely more reassuring to the baby especially to the newborns.
8. Breastfeeding promotes healthy weight and helps prevent childhood obesity because your baby has the control whether or not he/she wants to feed more.
9. Breastfeeding help the mom lose more pregnancy weight.
10. You produce oxytocin when you breastfeed and this hormone will help your uterus get back to its previous size. 
11. Mothers who breastfeed have long term protection against breast & ovarian cancer and many other diseases.
12. Breastfeeding delays the mother's menstruation.
13. Breastfeeding practices the baby's jaw which is beneficial when the baby starts learning to talk later in life.
14. Breast milk is easy to digest which helps prevent gas and colic. Trust me, you don't want a colicky baby.
15. Breastfeeding (especially those who do direct feeding) saves you time, effort and energy as you don't have to prepare milk bottles, warming the formula and sterilizing the bottles. You don't even have to clean up bottles after feedings. 
16. You don't have to prepare and take with you that much of baby feeding stuffs when going out. As long as you are wearing something comfortable with easy boob access, then you are good to go. All you need to do is take your boobie out to feed the baby.
17. One more thing I realized during this pandemic is that you didn't have to go panic buying during crisis and calamity. You can save your money and spend it for the other essentials.

DISADVANTAGES OF BREASTFEEDING:

1. A breastfeeding mom has lesser freedom. She needs to be on-call and has to make herself always available for the baby. When the baby demands for it, the mom has to provide. Sometimes regardless of the timing, place, event or occasion. This what makes it harder especially in the beginning when the baby needs to feed every 2 to 3 hours. Toggling between household chores and the baby is a challenge.
2. Breastfeeding is very painful at first. The intensity of the pain varies from one mother to another - whether the baby is a biter or when the breast is super engorged. This sometimes become the reason why some moms give up. I will never forget how hard it was for me to take a bath because the wound on my nipples (yeah, I got wounds) was so sore.
3. Breastfeeding can be stressful especially for the first time moms who are probably overwhelmed with all of the changes they have to go through at the same time.
4. Breastfeeding can be very difficult at the beginning. There are a lot of things you have to learn from milk production, proper latching even to the proper breastfeeding positions. It is a learning process that may lead to frustrations. Mothers can get easily disappointed and discouraged thus making it another reason why some mothers stop breastfeeding. 
5. When you are a breastfeeding mom, you are required to keep a healthy lifestyle because drinks and food have effects on the milk composition and production. You can no longer indulge too much in coffees, alcohol and wines.
6. You don't have that much of a choice when it comes to fashion. Comfort and nursing access will become your new fashion priority.
7. Babies digest breast milk every 2 to 3 hours which means you have to wake up in that interval too even during night time. No more good night sleep for you mommy. Fortunately, it's not forever. Only in the first few months.
8. When your baby is naturally slim or skinny, the opinionated "uninformed" people will tend to blame it your breast milk because all they thought about a "healthy" baby are the fat ones. NOT TRUE. In fact, it's probably the opposite. The fat ones (not all) could be obese and overfed making them prone to illnesses. Even so, you still have to bear with their uninformed opinions and misconceptions.

DISADVANTAGES OF FORMULA FEEDING

1. Formula feeding could compromise baby's health because it is not as nutritious as breast milk. Formulated milk came from cows therefore its composition is made for baby cows and not for human babies. In other words, the nutrients it contains is not comparable to the nutrients found in breast milk.
2. Numerous articles were published every year talking about high sugar content in baby formulas. I can't really tell you much about it but I would like to insert a couple of paragraphs from one of the articles I read about it online:
   
   "Some formula milks have double the sugar per serving than a glass of soda. That was the key finding of our global investigation into the sugar content of infant formula and follow-on milks. But perhaps more shocking is the fact that there are so few regulations in place to control sugar content and to make sure consumers are well informed."
   
   "Our findings revealed that over half of the products contained more than 5g of sugar per 100ml. In many cases, the sugar content was over 7.5g per 100ml, which exceeds European parliament recommended levels for infants. "
   
   FROM: https://theconversation.com/some-infant-formula-milks-contain-more-sugar-than-soda-drinks-new-research-129655
   
   
3. You have to carry feeding equipment around wherever you go. This wouldn't be a problem though if you are someone who can pay someone to do this for you.
4. Formula feeding is expensive. Again, this is not an issue for those who can afford. But for those are on a budget, this could be a burden in the wallet.
5. In times of pandemic and unforeseen natural disasters that could lead to immediate closing of business establishments or sudden economic crisis, you inevitably have to do panic buying just in case there will be shortage of supplies or production of formulated milk. 
6. Formula feeding could also be a trial and error case because there are babies who are not readily compatible or suited to some milk brands. It would be a terrible situation to be needing to switch from one brand to another leaving the baby at risk of constipation until you find the right brand suited for him/her.
7. Night time feedings could be harder because you have a lot to prepare and clean up every feeding time. 
8. With that said about preparations and night time feedings, formula feeding is something that will really require your time, effort and energy.
9. There is a tendency of overfeeding the baby because the baby doesn't have the entire control of how much milk to intake. Even if the baby won't suck the nipples, the milk will continue dripping out of it. Newborns can't exactly tell their parents to stop feeding them when they are already full. 
10. When left unattended, there is a tendency that the baby is sucking to an empty milk bottle or to a skewed bottle and might already be sucking air instead of milk. This will make the baby prone to gas and colic. 
11. One thing that you have to be very careful about when preparing formulated milk for the baby is to make sure that the feeding equipment used were properly cleaned and sterilized and that the water is absolutely potable. Negligence in this aspect will put the baby in danger of acquiring diarrhea. It's one thing you have to consider too when you have to go out with the baby for a long period of time.
12. Because baby formulas have high sugar content, it could lead to childhood obesity. They might look cute being small and chubby as a baby but later in life this also means that they are prone to acquiring diseases. 
13. Formula feeding requires a lot of money. From the plenty of milk that you should never fail to buy, to the feeding equipment that you have to use. Even the cheapest brands of baby milk are still quite "hard" in the budget unless you are someone who can afford the price that you have to pay in exchange of the convenience you get.