European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Background: In normal term neonate rate of suck and swallow, and quantity of milk intake per suck will be increased gradually. Harmonized and safe way of oral feeding is depending on the maturity of nervous system, oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract. First indicator of neurological problem is feeding difficulty in infant period. Though several researches evaluated the patterns of suckling among preterm and term newborns, only a few studies have been conducted on the quantitative evaluation of sucking in term babies. Henceforth, the present study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the normal sucking range among term neonateduring breastfeeding.