Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.13. Percent of babies who were encouraged with each frequency to finish a bottle or a cup if they stopped drinking before the formula was all gone by infant age1, among formula fed babies

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Infant age in months N Never Rarely Sometimes Most of the time Always Total (%)
2 1,521 18.7 22.2 33.0 19.7 6.4 100
3 1,425 18.5 22.0 31.6 20.3 7.6 100
4 1,392 17.4 23.3 32.7 20.3 6.4 100
5 1,410 18.2 24.4 30.3 20.1 7.0 100
6 1,390 17.3 23.4 31.5 21.1 6.7 100
7 1,381 18.3 24.6 31.0 19.2 6.9 100
9 1,358 18.2 24.6 32.6 17.7 6.9 100
10 1,242 20.2 21.7 31.3 19.9 6.8 100
12 626 20.8 24.6 31.8 16.8 6.1 100

1Table is based on variables: M2A9, M3A9, M4A11, M5A10, M6A10, M7A10, M9A10, MXA11, MWA10