Table 3.

Analysis of preferred prelacteal feeding during the first three days of birth (n^a = 881; 64.7%)

Types of prelacteals	Frequency	Percentage
Milk other than breast milk	216	24.5
Honey/ Sugar water	192	21.8
Infant formula	119	13.5
Marketed Ghutti	132	15.0
Plain water	48	5.4
Fruit juice	44	5.0
Rosewater	41	4.6
Green tea	41	4.6
Ghee/ Butter or tea	28	3.2
Gripe water	20	2.3

^aOnly 881 dyads are included who gave a prelacteal feed during the first 3 days of birth