How does non-nutritive sucking support infant feeding?

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 457-464

  Harding, C ^a,b   Frank, L ^b   Van Someren, V ^b   Hilari, Katerina ^a   Botting, N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early communication; Full oral feeding; Non nutritive sucking; Oral readiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NON NUTRITIVE SUCKING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EATING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PACIFIER; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PACIFIERS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84903470952     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: 19348800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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