Constraints to exclusive breastfeeding practice among breastfeeding mothers in Southwest Nigeria: implications for scaling up.

The article offers information on breastfeeding practices in Southwest Nigeria. It states that 19 percent of the nursing mothers practiced exclusive breastfeeding. The survey showed the major constraints to exclusive breastfeeding due to reasons including babies continued to be hungry after breastfeeding, fear of babies becoming addicted to breast milk, and the need to return to work.The desire to practice exclusive breastfeeding was often compromised shortly after child delivery.