This comic is related to this musing:77% of US babies are breastfed!

Paper says: 77% of all U.S. babies are breastfed
hathor: “Woohoo!!”
hathor: “77%! Wow. Of course this includes all the mothers who just suckle their baby once. But STILL! 77%”
hathor: “”These findings are based on information for 434 infants…” 434?!! Huh? JUST 434? Well, THAT’S hardly conclusive.’”
hathor: “sheesh. who’s going to clean up all this confetti?!”

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at least once! woohoo?
CDC says breast-feeding rates hit new high of 77 percent in US (thanks Gerry, et al!)

and I appreciated Lori F’s take on it:

So we are up to 77% of all mothers in the US letting their baby take at least 1 suckle at their breast. Its an all time high (or at least since we started recording - somehow I think in 1700 or say 1500 that the number of babies suckled was oh I don’t know 99% or so?

These #s are from the CDC. They are:
‘The new report is based on a comprehensive federal survey involving in-person interviews as well as physical examinations. The findings are based on information for 434 infants from the years 2005 and 2006.”

434 infants out of over 4 million born into the United States! Um, does that even include 1 infant per hospital maternity ward in the US? This number is not even remotely statistically significant. And as for in-person interviews - would that include people like my MIL who told us for over a year after our son was born she had nursed before REMEMBERING she never once put her child to her breast? Does it include the women who were planning to nurse when they got home from the hospital but were using formula until they got home? Self-reporting isn’t exactly a great method to use when we have such a wonderful ability to misremember.

Hear Hear! (let’s save the celebrating…but maybe just maybe we’re on the right track ;o)

xox,
Heather