The babies who blocked the teat of the bottle with their tongues in 
imaging studies were young (early) preterm infants with difficulty 
coordinating swallowing and breathing. We can't necessarily extrapolate 
from that to ALL babies. The authors didn't see the behavior in babies 
closer to term with better respiratory function.

In our own study, we are not seeing teat-blocking with the tongue in 
full term infants.
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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