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Table 4 Reasons to abandon exclusive breastfeeding at 2, 4 and 6 months of age

From: Actual exclusive breastfeeding rates and determinants among a cohort of children living in Gampaha district Sri Lanka: A prospective observational study

Age period

Mother felt not enough breast milk

Inadequate weight (growth faltering)

Mother returning to work

Other conditions in mother or baby

0-2 month (n = 08)

04 (50%)

02 (25.0%)

00 (0.0%)

02 (25%)

2-4 months (n = 89)

22 (24.7%)

45 (50.6%)

19 (21.3%)

03 (3.4%)

4-6 months (n = 30)

00 (0.0%)

07 (23.3%)

23 (76.7%)

00 (0.0)