Mothers’ practices: the time of stopping breastfeeding, reasons for stopping breastfeeding and methods which used in this period

Authors

  • Reva Balcı Akpınar
  • Ayda Çelebioğlu

Keywords:

Breastfeeding, stopping breastfeeding, mothers’ breastfeeding practices.

Abstract

This study was aimed to determine the time of stopping breastfeeding, reasons for topping breastfeeding and methods which mothers’ used during this period. The study was ompleted by totally 206 mothers. Data were collected by a questionnaire and in the evaluation f the data percentage calculations have been used. It is determined that 34 % of mothers topped breastfeeding when their babies were six months. Mothers’ main reason for stopping
breastfeeding was "lack of milk" (42.7 %). A total of 30.1 percent of the mothers joined to this tudy expressed that they put away their babies from the breast with different applications to the
nipple.

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Published

2006-11-30

How to Cite

Balcı Akpınar, R., & Çelebioğlu, A. (2006). Mothers’ practices: the time of stopping breastfeeding, reasons for stopping breastfeeding and methods which used in this period. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1). Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/55

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Nursing and Midwifery

License

Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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