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Table 5 Infant feeding practices

From: Infant care practices and parent uptake of safe sleep messages: a cross-sectional survey in Queensland, Australia

Feeding method

Feeding method when arrived home (or day 3 after home-birth)

Feeding method over last 2 days

n = 3327 (%)

n = 3324 (%)

Breastmilk only

2567 (77.2)

2046 (61.6)

Infant formula only

154 (4.6)

757 (22.8)

Mixed (both breastmilk and formula)

606 (18.2)

521 (15.7)