<P> Breastfeeding rates in the United Kingdom were the lowest in the world in 2015 with only 0.5% of mothers still breastfeeding at a year, while in Germany 23% are doing so, 56% in Brazil and 99% in Senegal . </P> <P> In Australia for children born in 2004, more than 90% were initially breastfed . In Canada for children born in 2005 - 06, more than 50% were only breastfed and more than 15% received both breastmilk and other liquids, by the age of 3 months . </P> <P> In the Egyptian, Greek and Roman empires, women usually fed only their own children . However, breastfeeding began to be seen as something too common to be done by royalty, and wet nurses were employed to breastfeed the children of the royal families . This extended over time, particularly in western Europe, where noble women often made use of wet nurses . Lower - class women breastfed their infants and used a wet nurse only if they were unable to feed their own infant . Attempts were made in 15th - century Europe to use cow or goat milk, but these attempts were not successful . In the 18th century, flour or cereal mixed with broth were introduced as substitutes for breastfeeding, but this provided inadequate nutrition . The appearance of improved infant formulas in the mid 19th century and its increased use caused a decrease in breastfeeding rates, which accelerated after World War II, and for some in the US, Canada, and UK, breastfeeding became seen as uncultured . From the 1960s onwards, breastfeeding experienced a revival which continued into the 2000s, though negative attitudes towards the practice were still entrenched in some countries up to 1990s . </P> <P> In languages around the world, the word for "mother" is something like "mama". The linguist Roman Jakobson hypothesized that the nasal sound in "mama" comes from the nasal murmur that babies produce when breastfeeding . </P>

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