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Optimizing Neonatal Prefeeding Habilitation: A Holistic Approach Integrating Neonatal Learning Behaviors, Motor Development, and Evidence-Based Interventions

11/14/2025

Rachel Selman, Aleksandra PopkowskaPMID: 39164101 DOI: 10.1891/NN-2024-0004 Abstract Neonatal clinicians utilize prefeeding interventions with premature infants to promote a natural process of oral-sensory development, hoping to prepare the infant for future oral feeding. Prefeeding interventions require a holistic approach, ensuring…

Neonatal Care Unit Interventions on Preterm Development

11/14/2025

Séassau, Alexia, et al.(Basel), vol. 10, no. 6, 2 June 2023, pp. 999–999, https://doi.org/10.3390/children10060999 Abstract Prematurity is becoming a real public health issue as more and more children are being born prematurely, alongside a higher prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Early…

Provision of positive oral experiences for premature infants by offering milk drops: A clinical practice change initiative

11/14/2025

O’Rourke, B., Fuller, K., Parker, L., Moore, T. (2022).December 2022Journal of Neonatal NursingDOI:10.1016/j.jnn.2022.11.014 Abstract The objective of this clinical practice change was to provide positive oral experiences to premature infants by offering droplets of human milk or formula orally during…

Effects of pacifier and taste on swallowing, esophageal motility, transit, and respiratory rhythm in human neonates

11/14/2025

Shubert, T. R., et al. First published: 04 January 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12748 Abstract Background Pacifier use is widely prevalent globally despite hygienic concerns and uncertain mechanistic effects on swallowing or airway safety. Aims: The effects of pacifier and taste interventions…

A Model of Neurodevelopmental Risk and Protection for Preterm Infants

11/14/2025

Pickler, R. H., McGrath, J. M., Reyna, B. A., McCain, N., Lewis, M., Cone, S., Wetzel, P., Best, A. (2010). A model of neurodevelopmental risk and protection for preterm infants. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3494740/ Abstract The purpose of this article is to introduce…

Deprivation and Dysphagia in Premature Infants

11/14/2025

Peter M. Bingham, MDVolume 24, Issue 6 | https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073808329530 Abstract The developmental trajectory of feeding features increasingly rhythmic ingestive behavior patterns. Sucking and swallowing by the fetus and infant, including fetal consumption of amniotic fluid, depend upon brainstem central pattern…