Table 3 Decisions and reasons for pre-lacteal feeding practices among mothers of children aged less than 6 months in Dilla Town, South Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 372)
Variables | Category | Frequency | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
My own decision | Yes | 73 | 41.5% |
No | 103 | 58.5% | |
Grand parents | Yes | 40 | 22.6% |
No | 136 | 77.4% | |
Traditional birth attendant | Yes | 32 | 18.4% |
No | 144 | 81.8% | |
My husband | Yes | 30 | 17.1% |
No | 146 | 82.9% | |
My friends | Yes | 34 | 19.3% |
No | 142 | 80.6% | |
Health professional | Yes | 3 | 1.6% |
No | 173 | 98.2% | |
Other bodies | Yes | 23 | 12.9% |
No | 153 | 86.9% | |
Did the infant get colostrum? | Yes | 279 | 75.0% |
No | 93 | 25.0% | |
Reason for colostrum avoidance | For the child growth | 6 | 1.6% |
Brest did not have milk | 39 | 10.5% | |
Cause abdominal discomfort and diarrhea | 26 | 7.0% | |
Other | 31 | 8.3% | |
Breast feeding initiation | Within 30 min − 1 h | 318 | 85.5% |
1 h-1 day | 54 | 14.5% |