This is because by tracking my word count I was able to see WHY I had written
less this month compared to June.
But South Dakota families take home just $ 130
less a month compared to the national median while spending $ 250 less on child care each month and $ 50 less on monthly rent, on average.
Not exact matches
That earthquake, which occurred one
month prior to the one in Chile, was about five hundred times
less powerful, but resulted in an estimated 230,000 casualties,
compared to Chile's 500 casualties.
TORONTO — Housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down by
less than one per cent in June
compared with the same
month a year ago, while the average selling price was up by 4.7 per cent at $ 531,374, according to a report by Toronto Real Estate Board.
Indeed, Bitcoin has made investors far richer than gold has recently, with the cryptocurrency returning 1,116 % over the past 12
months,
compared to
less than 12 % for gold.
Yelp faces other concerns: Though the company recently announced that customers had rated 1 million local businesses in
less than three
months — bringing the total number of reviews north of 10 million — the site's monthly unique visits are down 2.97 percent (to 24.4 million)
compared to a year ago, according to Compete.com.
The February report, however, did contain some
less encouraging news on wages, with average hourly earnings weaker than forecast, sliding 0.1 %
month - on -
month compared with January's 0.5 % expansion, and the annual rate falling 0.3 % from the previous
month to 2.2 %.
Its dots plots predict four rate increases over the next 18
months compared with the markets» expectation of
less than two.
ARI's most recent emissions analysis of the ECOMAX reports 700 pounds
less of carbon dioxide emissions each
month compared to the old truck.
For example, he said while China brought in 50 per cent
less commodities in the past 12
months, it bought 50 per cent more dairy foods
compared with 2014.
In a study following 3,500 babes for 30 years, researchers found that extended breastfeeding (longer than 12
months) is linked to higher IQ scores —
compared to babies that were breastfed for
less than 1
month.
In the study, mothers were two to three times more likely to still be breastfeeding one and four
months after birth if all of those steps were taken,
compared to women who were exposed to
less than those four steps.
In fact, women who gave birth in accredited hospitals were slightly
less likely to be breastfeeding one
month after birth,
compared to women who gave birth in non-accredited hospitals.
With my youngest boy, my impression is that he more or
less just slept during his first 2.5
months — at least
compared to his older sister.
The most recent large scale study
comparing outcomes for mother and baby reported in the British Medical Journal last
month showed that for women who had previously given birth, adverse outcomes were
less common among planned home births (1 per 1,000) than among planned hospital births (2.3 per 1,000).
Looking at maternity leave, 80 percent of first - time moms worked until one
month or
less of giving birth,
compared with 35 percent in the early 1960s.
Women who reported exclusive breastfeeding during their baby's first couple of
months were
less likely to introduce solid foods earlier than recommended
compared to formula - feeding mothers, the CDC researchers found.
Carol Sepkoski et al.
compared 20 epidural babies with 20 unmedicated babies, and found
less alertness and ability to orient for the first
month of life.
Intervention participants were also
less likely to have a depressive episode at six
months post-intervention
compared to usual care participants (14.6 percent vs. 32.4 percent), as assessed by a structured clinical interview.
Breastfeeding after a caesarean section (C - section) may help manage pain, with mothers who breastfed their babies for at least 2
months after the operation three times
less likely to experience persistent pain
compared to those who breastfed for
less than 2
months, according to new research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress in Geneva (3 - 5 June).
Mothers who breastfeed for a total of at least 15
months over one or more pregnancies may be
less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS)
compared with those who don't breastfeed at all or do so for up to four
months, according to a study published in the July 12, 2017, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Kwan et al15 found that breastfeeding is negatively associated with ALL risk, both for breastfeeding of
less than 6
months (odds ratio [OR], 0.88; 95 % CI, 0.80 - 0.96) and for longer than 6
months (OR, 0.76; 95 % CI, 0.68 - 0.86)
compared with no breastfeeding at all.
It found that a breastfeeding duration of
less than a
month was not significantly associated with childhood leukemia when
compared with breastfeeding duration of 6
months or more (OR, 1.2; 95 % CI, 0.9 - 1.6).
In this meta - analysis of published (1995 - 2011) case - control studies examining the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia, all analyses, except the subanalysis for AML alone, which was not statistically significant, showed that being breastfed for at least 6
months compared with
less than that or not at all was significantly associated with a 14 % to 20 % lower risk for childhood leukemia, with a 20 % lower risk when all selected 17 studies were included in the analysis.
A separate study found infants whose gestation lengths were
less than 38 weeks had microbiome communities that were low in Bifidobacterium and took 3 to 6
months to reach a normal Bifidiobacterium - rich community as
compared to infants born at 40 or more weeks [9].
Compared to bottle fed babies, those who are breastfed exclusively for 6
months are
less likely to develop malocclusion, an overbite, and they are
less likely to take a pacifier, which can cause future dental issues.
Beneficial effects of breastfeeding on the Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities at age 3 years seemed greater for women who consumed 2 or more servings of fish per week (0.24; 0.00 - 0.47 points per
month breastfed)
compared with
less than 2 servings of fish per week (− 0.01; − 0.22 to 0.20 points per
month breastfed)(P =.16 for interaction).
When
comparing any breastfeeding for 6
months and beyond with no or any breastfeeding for
less than 6
months, the calculated ORs of each study separately ranged between 0.34 and 1.25.
Breastfed babies tend to gain more weight in the first few
months,
compared to formula - fed babies, and
less weight later on.
Women who attempt VBAC who have interdelivery intervals of
less than 24
months have a 2 - 3 fold increased risk of uterine rupture when
compared with women who attempt VBAC more than 24
months after their last delivery (ACOG, 2004; Esposito et al, 2000).
We hypothesized that among mothers who intend to exclusively breastfeed, those who strongly value exclusive breastfeeding will be more likely to breastfeed exclusively for at least 3
months and 6
months compared to mothers who value exclusive breastfeeding
less.
(1) There is no difference in mental development at 13
months and 5 years between children who were breast fed for
less than three
months compared to children who were breast fed for at least six
months.
Children breast fed for
less than three
months had a higher risk,
compared to children breast fed for at least six
months, of having a low total IQ (OR = 2.8; 95 % CI: 1.4 to 5.3).
According to one study, babies who were breastfed for 12
months grew up to have a higher IQ, complete more education, and make more money
compared to babies who were breastfed for
less than one
month.
(2) There is no difference in motor development at 13
months and 5 years between children who were breast fed for
less than three
months compared to children who were breast fed for at least six
months.
Specifically, limited breastfeeding duration, low breastfeeding self - efficacy, and concerns over breastfeeding were associated with depressive symptomatology.9 — 12,14 In our large sample, women who were depressed were also
less likely to continue breastfeeding at 2
months compared with those women without depressive symptoms.
Most previous studies have
compared breast fed children with children who were exclusively formula fed, but some studies have found that the correlation between breast feeding and cognitive ability increases with a longer duration of breast feeding.3 13 30 A Finnish study of 1163 children found a mean difference of 2.4 points on a cognitive test at 6
months of age between children breast fed for
less than five
months,
compared to children breast fed for at least five
months.10
The mean mental developmental index was lower in children breast fed for
less than three
months compared to children breast fed for at least six
months (table 2).
For the subscale «performance IQ», children breast fed for
less than three
months had a higher risk,
compared to children breast fed for at least six
months, of having a low IQ score (OR = 2.2; 95 % CI: 1.1 to 1.4).
Children breast fed for
less than three
months had a higher risk,
compared to children who were breast fed for at least six
months, of a lower mental developmental index (OR = 3.2; 95 % CI: 1.7 to 5.9; table 3).
The mean total IQ was lower in children breast fed for
less than three
months compared to children breast fed for at least six
months (p = 0.007; table 5).
Estimates of the risk (odds ratio) of getting a «low» WPPSI - R score at age 5 years among children breast fed for
less than 3
months compared to children breast fed for six
months or more, adjusted for maternal age, education, smoking, and Raven score
RESULTS Children breast fed for
less than 3
months had an increased risk,
compared to children breast fed for at least 6
months, of a test score below the median value of MDI at 13
months and of WPPSI - R at 5 years.
Estimates of the risk (odds ratio) of getting a «low» Bayley score at 13
months of age among children breast fed for
less than 3
months compared to children who were breast fed for 6
months or more
Odds ratio (OR) was calculated and used as an estimate of the relative risk of getting a low test score among children who had been breast fed
less than three
months,
compared to children who had been breast fed at least six
months.
Similarly, the unadjusted difference of 8 points between children who were breast fed for
less than 3
months,
compared to those who were breast fed for six
months or more, is unlikely to have clinical significance in a population with a mean IQ at age 5 of 109 points.
The study found that those women who conceived within 6
months of their miscarriage were 34 %
less likely to miscarry again, when
compared with other women who conceived later.
Compared to just 48 hours ago Brown has
less authority; a
less impressive Cabinet (Hutton, Purnell and Blears are better than their replacements); lots of ministers who will need
months to get on top of their briefs; a more disunited parliamentary party; and, crucially,
less respect from all informed observers.
But these problems pale into insignificance when
compared to Nigeria's experience,
less than 18
months after privatisation.
17 percent higher in those who grilled, broiled, or roasted beef, chicken or and fish more than 15 times /
month,
compared with
less than 4 times a
month.