Infant Journal
for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals

Breastfeeding: how do they do it? Infant sucking, swallowing and breathing

To improve breastfeeding management and devise new interventions it is essential that basic knowledge of the suck-swallow-breathe (SSwB) process is expanded. Recent studies have begun to elucidate the SSwB process in term breastfeeding infants highlighting fundamental differences between the coordination of breast and bottle fed infants.

Donna T. Geddes, Vanessa S. Sakalidis

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