Table 4.
Unadjusted and Adjusted POLR Odds Rations and 95% CI of Infant Feeding Practices and Beliefs by Household Food Security Status
| Parental Feeding Behaviors and/or Belief | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OP (95% CI)_ |
|---|---|---|
| Restrictive Behaviors | ||
| Amount (Behaviors) | ||
| I carefully control how much my child eats | 1.41 (1.10, 1.84) | 1.15 (0.86, 1.54) |
| I am very careful not to feed my child too much | 1.14 (0.87, 1.49) | 0.87 (0.65, 1.17) |
| Responsive | ||
| Satiety (Behavior) | ||
| My child lets me know when s/he is full | 0.90 (0.65, 1.24) | 0.81 (0.58, 1.16) |
| My child lets me know when she is hungry | 0.81 (0.56, 1.15) | 0.73 (0.49, 1.09) |
| I let my child decide how much to eat | 1.06 (0.82, 1.36) | 1.15 (0.87, 1.52) |
| I pay attention when my baby seems to be telling me he/she is full or hungry | 0.68 (0.43, 1.08) | 0.57 (0.34, 0.96) |
| Pressuring | ||
| Finishing (Behavior) | ||
| I try to get my child to finish her breast milk or formula | 1.4 (1.10, 1.80) | 1.01 (0.77 1.33) |
| Finishing (Belief) | ||
| It’s important that an infant finish all of the milk in his or her bottle | 1.47 (1.14, 1.87) | 1.04 (0.80, 1.38) |
| Soothing (Behavior) | ||
| When my baby cries, I immediately feed him/her | 1.62 (1.27, 2.07) | 1.40 (1.06, 1.83) |
| Soothing (Belief) | ||
| The best way to make an infant stop crying is to feed him/her | 1.86 (1.43, 2.40) | 1.72 (1.28, 2.29) |
| Cereal (Behavior) | ||
| I give my baby cereal in the bottle, | 1.06 (0.69, 1.64) | 1.26 (0.77, 2.1) |
| Cereal (Belief) | ||
| Cereal in the bottle helps infants sleep through the night | 0.95 (0.73, 1.21) | 0.97 (0.73, 1.28) |
| Finishing (Belief) | ||
| Laissez-Faire | ||
| Attention (Beliefs) | ||
| I think it is ok to prop an infant's bottle to hold it in place, | 1.26 (0.91, 1.70) | 1.4 (1.0, 1.97) |
| Attention (Feeding Behaviors) | ||
| I watch TV while feeding | 1.02 (0.81, 1.31) | 1.14 (0.87, 1.49) |
| When my child has a bottle, I prop it up, | 1.12 (0.81, 1.55) | 1.06 (0.74, 1.52 |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio
a
Proportional Odds ordinal Logistic Regression
b
Adjusted for patient sex, WIC status, no. children in home, caregiver race/ethnicity, caregiver education, household income, and study site