Table 5: Practice of colostrum feeding in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2021.

Variable

Category

Frequency

Percent

Have you fed colostrum for your baby within the first three days of birth?

Yes

No

163

127

56.2

43.8

Initiation of first breast milk 

Within one hour

Within six hours

After 24 hours

98

42

23

60.1

25.8

14.1

Reasons for not feeding colostrum

Medical reason

The baby can’t suck

Breast can’t secrete

Cause abdominal pain and diarrhea

Culture

5

5

14

 

65

38

3.9

3.9

11.1

 

51.2

29.9

Prelacteal feeding

Yes

No

78

212

26.9

73.1

If yes, what did you give the baby?

 

Non-human milk

Butter

Plain water

Water with sugar

26

41

8

78

33.3

52.6

10.3

3.8