Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.10. Percent of mothers who added each item to their baby's bottle of formula or pumped breast milk at each frequency in the past 2 weeks by infant age1

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Never Only rarely Every few days About once a day At most feedings Every feeding Total(%)
Baby cereal Month 2 2,271 86.3 3.3 1.3 5.6 1.7 1.7 100
  Month 3 2,148 82.2 3.9 2.2 6.5 2.8 2.4 100
  Month 4 2,042 76.0 5.1 2.6 9.7 3.2 3.3 100
  Month 5 1,995 74.1 5.8 2.6 10.7 3.3 3.5 100
  Month 6 1,875 75.1 5.3 2.8 9.6 4.1 3.0 100
  Month 7 1,833 78.2 4.6 2.3 8.5 3.1 3.3 100
  Month 9 1,752 80.5 4.1 1.6 8.0 2.9 3.0 100
  Month 10 1,620 84.3 4.3 1.5 5.6 1.9 2.5 100
  Month 12 1,474 90.6 2.6 1.6 3.1 1.3 0.9 100
Medicine Month 2 2,235 93.7 3.3 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 100
  Month 3 2,131 94.7 3.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.1 100
  Month 4 2,004 94.9 2.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 100
  Month 5 1,957 95.3 2.6 0.4 1.4 0.2 0.2 100
  Month 6 1,829 95.6 2.9 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.2 100
  Month 7 1,800 95.2 2.9 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.1 100
  Month 9 1,732 94.8 3.6 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.1 100
  Month 10 1,604 94.9 3.8 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 100
  Month 12 1,466 95.2 2.6 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.0 100
Other Month 2 1,940 97.0 0.4 0.4 0.9 1.1 0.3 100
  Month 3 1,742 96.2 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.9 0.4 100
  Month 4 1,753 97.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.3 100
  Month 5 1,723 98.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 100
  Month 6 1,323 97.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 100
  Month 7 1,563 98.6 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 100
  Month 9 1,487 98.5 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.3 100
  Month 10 1,352 98.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 100
  Month 12 1,263 98.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.6 100
Sweetener Month 2 2,238 99.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 100
  Month 3 2,129 98.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 100
  Month 4 2,005 99.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 100
  Month 5 1,952 99.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 100
  Month 6 1,826 99.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 100
  Month 7 1,804 99.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 100
  Month 9 1,730 99.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 100
  Month 10 1,606 99.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 100
  Month 12 1,462 99.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
Vitamins or minerals Month 2 2,241 97.6 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 100
  Month 3 2,131 97.1 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 100
  Month 4 2,008 97.4 0.2 0.6 1.7 0.1 0.0 100
  Month 5 1,961 97.0 0.8 0.7 1.4 0.1 0.1 100
  Month 6 1,835 97.3 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.0 100
  Month 7 1,809 96.8 0.4 0.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 100
  Month 9 1,739 96.1 0.6 0.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 100
  Month 10 1,615 95.7 1.2 0.3 2.8 0.1 0.0 100
  Month 12 1,470 96.0 1.0 0.3 2.6 0.1 0.0 100

1Table is based on variables: M2A6A-E, M3A6A-E, M4A6A-E, M5A6A-E, M6A6A-E, M7A6A-E, M9A6A-E, MXA6A-E, MWA6A-E