Examining the psychological implications associated with infant feeding styles is significant and important in determining whether breastfeeding or bottle-feeding is the better choice for a mother faced with this decision. While most agree that breastfeeding offers more nutritional value to an infant, this raises the question of whether breastfeeding might offer a deeper emotional bond between mother and child. The sample in this study consisted of 52 mothers ranging in age from 18 to over 40 years of age. The Mother's Perceived Relation to Infant test (MPRI) was administered to both bottle-feeding and breastfeeding mothers to see if there is indeed a higher level of perceived maternal closeness for breastfeeding mothers than there is for bottle-feeding mothers. The results did not support the hypothesis that breastfeeding mothers report a higher level of perceived closeness toward their infants. However, there was a significant correlation between total number of bottle feedings per day and total score on the MPRI. Finally, there was a significant correlation between total scores and total feedings overall. These results are potentially generalizable toward the idea that the more a mother feeds her child, the closer she will feel toward him or her. Implications of this study could affect views on how infant feeding in general may lead to stronger maternal perceptions of closeness and how maternal age may be a factor in perceptions of closeness towards infants as well.