Table 2 Complementary feeding (CF) practice and breast feeding related Characteristics of mothers having children age 6–24 months in Debre Tabor General Hospital, South Gondar Zone, 2016
Complementary feeding practice | Frequency (n = 409) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Appropriate complementary feeding practice | ||
Yes | 152 | 37.2 |
No | 257 | 62.8 |
Food groups used for feeding per 24 h | ||
Grains and legumes only | 231 | 56.5 |
Grains, legumes, dairy products and vegetables | 64 | 15.6 |
Grains legumes, fruit, and milk | 48 | 11.7 |
Grains, legumes dairy products, egg, and vegetables | 40 | 9.8 |
Mothers did not remember | 26 | 6.4 |
Breast feeding | ||
Feed IYC breast milk with CF | 376 | 91.9 |
Mothers not breast feeding | 33 | 8.1 |
Mothers intend to BF for 3 years and above | 199 | 48.66 |
Mothers intend to BF for 2 years | 177 | 43.3 |
Mother feed BM for 1 year and below | 33 | 8.1 |
Frequency of feeding per 24 h | ||
8–12 times | 51 | 12.5 |
5–7 times | 238 | 58.2 |
3–4 times | 40 | 9.8 |
< 2 times | 80 | 19.6 |
Month of initiation of complementary feeding | ||
Others | 30 | 7.3 |
At 6 months | 276 | 67.5 |
7–8 months | 70 | 17.1 |
9–12 months | 33 | 8.1 |