Results: The results showed that th

Results: The results showed that the most
important factors associated with breast-feeding discontinuation were infant’s illness (only up to six months), mother’s consciousness,
parental support, practical breastfeeding training to the mother, mother’s educational level, child’s gender, place of birth, pregnancies’
interval, mother’s ethnicity and residence and the statue of taking (using) narcotics. The data also indicated that on maternal reasons the
main factor which impelled most of the mothers to discontinue their breast-feeding up to six months or even before two years was milk
shortage in mother’s breasts. Moreover, the main child- related factor that compelled most of the mothers for non-continuance of their
breast-feeding up to six months or even before two years was child’s crying and discomfort.