Part Three: Undertake a cultural analysis of the region
Breast feeding
Traditionally
* Beijing is the capital city of China with 20 million populations
* Traditional Chinese custom in baby feeding was breast feeding
* Young mother normally not going to work and stay at home to rise their child
* By Chinese custom females are not encouraged public breast feeding
* Young mothers are feed their baby at home
Today
* Females are going to workforce in China
* Females spending longer time at workplace instead housewife role
* They like to achieve personal satisfaction in social status and goal
* Women’s life behavior shift both physically and psychologically
* Under life pressure affect body produce breast milk
* Stay at good body shape, female avoid to breast feeding
* 2003-2004 full breastfeeding has dropped when baby at age two and half.
* 40% to10% drop at baby age three
* Parents start use infant formula milk power to year five
Continuum of feeding practices
China averages of key indicators (%)
* Indicated the Chinese parents breast feeding
* Infant formula powder has take place during baby growth
* Specially one year old baby, 75% feeding by formula powder
La Leche League International report
COUNTRY | % AT INITIATION | % AT 4-6 MONTHS | REFERENCE NUMBER (see below) |
Asia | | | a = exclusive breastfeeding at 4 months
* = exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months |
Armenia | -- | 21a | 1 |
Azerbaijan | -- | 53a | 1 |
Bangladesh | 97 | 45* | 1 |
Cambodia | -- | 60a | 1 |
China | 93 | 64a | 13, 1 |
Behavior from generations
* Grandparents normally raise child in Chinese culture.
There is a common example below:
* Grandmother from husband side will share some duties to look after baby
* Mother in low from wife side will contribute on prepare baby food, such as milk powder, nutrition products, nappies, toys.
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