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Table 3 Early feeding practices in Chittagong cohort (N = 272)

From: Association between infant feeding patterns and diarrhoeal and respiratory illness: A cohort study in Chittagong, Bangladesh

 

n

%

First food given to child

  

colostrum

80

29.4

honey

45

16.5

misri/sugar water

8

2.9

honey + mustard oil

2

0.7

water

19

7.0

mustard oil

82

30.1

powder milk

2

0.7

other

34

12.5

Reason for feeding prelacteal foods*

  

sweet voice

3

1.6

satisfy hunger

13

6.8

prevent cold

3

1.6

clean stomach/mouth/throat

54

28.1

tradition

116

60.4

stop baby crying

2

1.0

colostrum insufficient

1

0.5

mother sick

5

2.6

baby didn't suckle

3

1.6

other

4

2.1

Initiation of breastfeeding

  

within 1 hr

62

22.8

within 2 hrs

82

30.1

within 3 hrs

17

6.3

4–6 hrs

31

11.4

7–12 hrs

30

11.0

12–24 hrs

18

6.6

>24 hrs

30

11.0

missing

2

0.7

  1. *Sample size for this variable was 192