Chapter 3. Infant Feeding |
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Table 3.49. Percent of mothers indicating each reason for feeding their baby formula by infant age1,2, among mothers who were currently feeding their infant both breast milk and formula Infant Feeding Practices Study II |
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| Reason for feeding formula | Month 2 | Month 5 | Month 7 |
| My baby had trouble sucking or latching on | 13.3 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| My baby became sick and could not breastfeed | 7.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| My baby lost interest in nursing or began to wean him or herself | 7.9 | 11.0 | 12.7 |
| My baby was old enough that the difference between breast milk and formula no longer mattered | 8.1 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
| Breast milk alone did not satisfy my baby | 49.0 | 41.9 | 41.7 |
| I thought that my baby was not gaining enough weight | 18.1 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| A health professional said my baby was not gaining enough weight | 16.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
| I didn't have enough milk | 44.2 | 40.6 | 39.0 |
| My nipples were sore, cracked, or bleeding | 16.4 | 6.5 | 9.4 |
| My breasts were infected or abscessed | 5.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Breastfeeding was too painful | 9.5 | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| Breastfeeding was too tiring | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| I was sick or had to take medicine | 8.1 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| Breastfeeding was too inconvenient | 16.1 | 13.3 | 17.8 |
| I wanted to be able to leave my baby for several hours at a time | 39.8 | 45.9 | 51.3 |
| I could not or did not want to pump or breastfeed at work | 11.4 | 16.4 | 17.0 |
| Pumping milk no longer seemed worth the effort that it required | 8.5 | 11.6 | 18.5 |
| I was not present to feed my baby for reasons other than work | 33.7 | 25.4 | 28.9 |
| I wanted or needed someone else to feed my baby | 46.3 | 48.4 | 54.9 |
| Someone else wanted to feed the baby | 32.4 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| I did not want to breastfeed in public | 28.2 | 22.7 | 17.0 |
| N | 518 | 337 | 236 |
1Table is based on
variables: M2D13A-U, M5D12A-U, M7D12A-U |
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