title: Relationship of lower breastfeeding score and problems in infancy.
abstract: METHODS
  We undertook a descriptive study in 2-month-old healthy infants to determine the factors that affect breastfeeding score. Mother's breastfeeding was evaluated and scored according to the World Health Organization/UNICEF B-R-E-A-S-T Feeding Observation Form.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The breastfeeding score (BFS) was higher in female than male babies (p=0.005). The babies with regurgitation had lower BFS than the babies without (p=0.016). The BFS was lower in babies who had repeated, without cause, inconsolable crying than in those without such crying (p<0.004). When the crying was problematic for the family, BFS was lower (p=0.028). Babies who had another sibling with a history of colic had a lower BFS (p=0.038). A low BFS was associated with short duration of night sleeping (p=0.032).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A decreased BFS may be a risk factor or indicator for infant crying, regurgitation, and short sleeping duration. As a result, tracking the BFS and appropriate breastfeeding intervention during the newborn period may assist in decreasing the frequency of regurgitation and infant crying.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Social Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Samanpazari 06100, Ankara, Turkey. siyalcin@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: S Songül
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yalçın
authors.forename: B Bariş
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kuşkonmaz
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003085:Colic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003448:Crying; D020920:Dyssomnias / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D057045:Laryngopharyngeal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors