| Summary: | The purpose of the study was to determine if mothers who breast-feed their babies for nine
months and longer experience problems when weaning. This research also determines the
type of problems and weaning practices used by those mothers. In this descriptive study,
data was collected from 150 mothers by means of questionnaires and interviews. The
subjects were mothers who breast-fed their children for nine months or longer, who
attended antenatal and postnatal clinics at Coronation Hospital. Reasons for weaning were
inter alia the belief that the baby was old enough to be weaned.
The results revealed that 42 (31,34%) of the respondents experienced problems during
weaning. The problems included, among others, guilt feelings in the mother. Mothers use
harsh methods of weaning such as sending a child away to a relative. There is minimal
involvement of health workers in the health education of mothers on weaning. === Health Studies === M.A. (Nursing Science)
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