CDC's 2010 Breastfeeding Report Card... Its bad folks...

Percent of Children Who Are Breastfed at 6 Months of Age, Among Children Born in 2007 (Provisional)

Source: National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm


"The CDC's highlighting of exclusivity rates is important. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other major medical organizations around the world recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and breastfeeding for a minimum of 12 months.

Currently, 43 percent make it to the six month marker, with 22.4 percent making it a full year. Exclusive breastfeeding rates haven't budged either, with 33 percent of moms breastfeeding exclusively at three months, and only 13.3 percent at six months."

Borrowed from ByMomsforMoms

I am proud to say that my child is just over 5 months old now and is 100% exclusively breastfed. That makes me a minority, a HUGE minority. Call me stubborn, but this wasn't hard. You want to talk about struggles, facing obstacles, and wanting to give up? Talk to Becky, she faced everything yet still manages to pump and exclusively breast feed her little man each day.

BABIES DIE FROM FORMULA USE!!!!!!!! Look at Becky's post about the pre-term drug addicted baby who is surviving on donated breast milk.