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- Title
Neonatal sucking and maternal feeding practices.
- Authors
Ramsay M; Gisel EG; Ramsay, M; Gisel, E G
- Abstract
This study is the first to demonstrate an association between neonatal and later sucking ability, clinical signs of feeding ability and maternal feeding practices. Of 49 infants followed to a mean age of six weeks, 20 had some feeding problems (compensatory group), based on changes in feeding practices by their mothers, and 29 did not (non-compensatory group). Infants in the compensatory group performed less well on initial and follow-up sucking measures than infants in the non-compensatory group, indicating that they were feeding less efficiently from birth. Also, infants in the compensatory group ingested less during follow-up testing and were reported to be fed more frequently at home by their mothers than infants in the non-compensatory group. These findings strongly suggest that even among healthy infants, there may be more with problematic feeding abilities than have been previously recognized and that mothers are a reliable source of information about their infants' feeding abilities.
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1996, Vol 38, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15030.x