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Abstract
Background: infantil colic is a common GI problem of early infancy and The cause of it is unclear. It may be part of the normal distribution of crying. but caring for an infant with colic can be distressing and frustrating for parents and may be early discontinuing of breastfeeding. Some factors like bad maternal feeding patterns such as (over feeding with each crying,bad breast –infant attachment and bad position of mother-infant )cause air swallowing and crying houres a day and a week.
Objective: relation between the pattern of breastfeeding and colic in infants under 4 months referred to primary health care centers .
Method: in this cross sectional study for 400 healthy infants under 4 months age and don’t have diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal distension and decrease growth were studied referred to Kerman primary health care for vaccination and growth monitoring ,filled an researcher-made questionnaire .data were analyzed by SPSS 15.0.
Result:. Based on the results, the average score of colic in breast-feeding pattern of non-colic group, respectively (10/3+2 / 4 , 11+2/4) from the statistically significant correlation was lower (p = 000 / 0) observed.
Conclusion: with raising feeding pattern score (better feeding pattern) especially in breastfeeding infants colic will be decreased.
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