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| Does anyone know statisctics; about nursing? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 24 2006, 11:36 PM (125 Views) | |
| Karapooz | May 24 2006, 11:36 PM Post #1 |
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aishes chayil
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Maybe Chavamom would know. How many % of 2 year olds are still nursing? I told my mother that out of those kids who nursed past 2-3 months, about 7%-10% are still nursing by 2 years. She thinks it's more like 0.0000001% (Again, disregarding the mothers that never nursed or stopped by 2-3 months.) Who's right? |
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| chavamom | May 24 2006, 11:45 PM Post #2 |
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Bala Buste
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I don't think there are any studies done on past 2 years. But according to this link, the CDC study says in the USA 5.7% of babies are still getting some breastmilk at 18 mos old. And that is of ALL babies. Interesting that there is not so much of a drop from 12 mos. to 18 mos as there is from hospital discharge to 6 mos. You might be closer to correct than your mother! |
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| Karapooz | May 24 2006, 11:48 PM Post #3 |
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aishes chayil
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thanks! |
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| kayza | May 24 2006, 11:57 PM Post #4 |
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It's hard to tell from that. It would be interesting to actually see numbers for 24 months. t's very hard to extrapolate from the data. |
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| chavamom | May 24 2006, 11:59 PM Post #5 |
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Bala Buste
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Sure it's hard to extrapolate, but 5.7% is a lot closer to 7 -10% (and she specifically said 'those who nursed past 2 -3 mos', not of all babies) than 0.0000001% |
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| chavamom | May 25 2006, 03:24 AM Post #6 |
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Bala Buste
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Found this which is just more an interesting bit, but not scientific. |
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| kayza | May 25 2006, 06:42 PM Post #7 |
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That's true. But, I suspect that the numbers drop down very sharply at that point. |
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| chavamom | May 26 2006, 12:17 AM Post #8 |
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Bala Buste
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See my second link. From those women polled, it doesn't appear so. |
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| kayza | May 27 2006, 08:50 PM Post #9 |
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Yes, but the poll is so unrepresentative, that it is meaningless, in my opinion. |
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| Karapooz | May 27 2006, 09:00 PM Post #10 |
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aishes chayil
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Not really. Do you think that only moms who nurse for a long time voted? It doesn't represent all of US, but a fraction of all types of people, which I assume is pretty accurate. Wouldn't use it as info for a study, but the general idea is right. |
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