At the 3 7 month follow-up interview, mothers were asked if they were currently breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or both.
The five components of the ICFI are breastfeeding, bottle feeding, dietary diversity, food group frequency and feeding frequency.
At the 7 12 month follow-up interview, mothers were asked again if they were currently breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or both.
Data collection for participating infants include: gender, single or multiple birth, gestational age (GA) at birth, weight at birth, days on ventilator/ Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), length of hospital stay, GA and weight at discharge, neonatal sequelae at discharge, breast milk (exclusive, partial, formula milk) and method (breastfeeding, bottle, cup) at discharge.
No matter which parenting choices you make -- breastfeeding, bottle feeding, co-sleeping, sleep training, staying at home, going back to work -- the magical mixture of new mom hormones, exhaustion, cultural pressure and self-doubt will at some point feel like too much to handle.
On the day of the study, correct performance of breastfeeding, bottle feeding, or mixed feeding was firstly assessed.
Feeding intention was derived from a question asking women to report the degree of their intention to breastfeed, bottle-feed and mixed-feed using a 5 category Likert scale ranging from "definitely not" [ 1] to "definitely yes" [ 5].
Equipment was provided free of charge to women willing to refrain from breastfeeding: bottles, teats, cups, bottle brushes, pans to sterilize, thermos to keep safely clean water.
Whilst all groups would benefit from an increase in positive attitude towards breastfeeding, bottle-feeding intenders and those with no clear intention might benefit from more intensive attempts to build self-efficacy in relation to breastfeeding (see [ 49, 50]).
Breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding -- this is an issue in the so-called mommy wars?
Between 2002 and 2007, the incidence showed a declining trend (P = 0.025) with coincidentally increasing trends for both exclusive breastfeeding (P = 0.014) and breastfeeding plus bottle feeding (P = 0.004).
