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Sucking behaviors of normal 3‐day‐old female neonates during a 24‐hr period
Author(s) -
Rybski Debra A.,
Almli C. Robert,
Gisel Erika G.,
Powers Joann,
Maurer Michael
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420170107
Subject(s) - feeding behavior , physiology , medicine , pediatrics , period (music) , developmental psychology , psychology , zoology , audiology , biology , physics , acoustics
Feeding behaviors were measured during six feeding sessions distributed throughout a 24‐hr period in 10 normal 3‐day‐old female infants. Infants were individually videotaped during feeding sessions at 13:00, 17:00, 21:00, 01:00, 05:00, and 09:00 hours. Total mealtime, nutritive sucking time, pause time, number of nutritive sucks, and amounnt of nutrient consumed were measured. None of these feeding variables were affected by the time of day an infant was fed. Maternal interactions with their infants such as auditory stimulation, caretaking touches or tender touches were unaffected by the time of a feed. These maternal behaviors did not correlate with any of the feeding variables. These findings suggest that 3‐day‐old infants experiencing routine nursery care do not express specific day‐night feeding differences and that certain maternal behaviors do not influence the infants' feeding pattern.