Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.21. Percent of child care providers who supported breastfeeding in each way by infant age¹^,², among babies who were cared for outside of their home Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Month 3			Month 6			Month 9			Month 12
	Yes	No	Don't Know	Yes	No	Don't Know	Yes	No	Don't Know	Yes	No	Don't Know
Feed a mother's pumped breast milk to her baby?	56.7	27.1	16.2	53.6	27.1	19.4	53.6	26.2	20.2	55.1	21.5	23.3
ALLow mothers to breastfeed at the child care place before or after work?	49.3	14.3	36.4	45.2	13.4	41.4	49.2	11.9	39.0	50.7	8.0	41.2
ALLow mothers to come in and breastfeed during their lunch or other breaks?	47.3	15.8	36.9	44.7	12.9	42.4	46.7	11.7	41.6	49.5	8.2	42.3
Thaw and prepare bottles of pumped milk if needed?	54.4	18.5	27.1	55.2	16.2	28.6	51.3	15.4	33.3	56.5	12.2	31.3
Keep extra breast milk in a freezer for use if they run out during the day?	38.3	29.5	32.2	41.3	24.2	34.6	38.9	22.6	38.5	44.1	19.0	36.9
N	499	499	499	547	547	547	539	539	539	506	506	506
¹Table is based on variables: M3H25A-E, M6H31A-E, M9H32A-E, MWH31A-E²Column percentages do not add up to 100% because mothers could choose all that apply