Relationship between
the Infant Feeding Preferences of Chinese Mothers» Immediate Social Network and Early Breastfeeding Cessation.
Perceived
infant feeding preferences of significant family members and mothers» intentions to exclusively breastfeed.
Not exact matches
At the time, breast -
feeding was generally considered a relic of premodern life that was no longer necessary thanks to manufactured
infant formulas and a generational
preference for engineered products.
but knowing what I know about the mechanics of breastfeeding,
infant behaviour and how they
feed, over the years I have grown to prefer the term, «bottle
preference» instead.
Dr. Mary Ainsworth's extensive research shows that newborn
feeding goes best when parents adjust their approach to the
infant's timing,
preference, pacing.
personal
preferences, influenced by recent Western cultural values and social ideology, NOT studies of the natural biology and needs of the human
infant have argued against babies arousing at night to
feed a lot; and, indeed, the «sleep like a baby» or «shush the baby is sleeping» model, while some kind of western ideal is NOT what babies are designed to do nor experience, and it is definitely not in their own biological or emotional or social best interest.
While breastfeeding should be the first
preference of nourishing for your newborn, sometimes, your doctor may recommend bottle
feeding — either with expressed breastmilk or
infant formula milk.
Models were developed using the following possible predictors of breastfeeding duration: maternal race, maternal education, paternal education, maternal age, socioeconomic status, 22 marital status, parity, mode of delivery, previous breastfeeding experience, timing of
feeding method selection, problems with pregnancy / labor / delivery, breastfeeding goal (weeks), family
preference for breastfeeding, paternal
preference for breastfeeding, having friends who breastfed, randomization group, 16 plans to return to work,
infant's 5 - minute Apgar score, and
infant's age in minutes when first breastfed (first successful latch and
feeding).