Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.4. Percent of mothers indicating each reason for giving the herbal or botanical preparation or teas to their babies by infant age¹^,²among mothers who gave their baby such preparations Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Infant age in months
	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	12
To ease diaper rash	4.5	10.1	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	4.4
To ease colic	42.7	37.7	21.7	15.8	8.8	2.5	5.9	2.4	2.2
To ease digestion	50.6	39.1	30.0	31.6	22.8	15.0	5.9	9.5	15.6
To ease fussiness	60.7	50.7	51.7	55.3	50.9	62.5	41.2	31.0	26.7
To help the baby relax	23.6	27.5	20.0	21.1	24.6	27.5	29.4	16.7	28.9
To ease a cold or other respiratory symptoms	5.6	7.2	10.0	10.5	5.3	12.5	17.6	26.2	26.7
To ease an illness other than a cold or respiratory symptoms	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	4.8	4.4
To stimulate the baby's immune system	1.1	4.3	8.3	5.3	8.8	10.0	5.9	14.3	20.0
Other	15.7	24.6	31.7	44.7	36.8	30.0	61.8	45.2	46.7
N	89	69	60	38	57	40	34	42	45
¹Table is based on variables: M2A24A-I, M3A24A-I, M4A26A-I, M5A29A-I, M6A28A-I, M7A28A-I, M9A32A-I, MXA34A-I, MWA31A-I ²Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply