An extensive advertising campaign by the sugar industry failed to reverse the downward trend (36), and surveys indicated a simultaneous rise in intakes of nonnutritive sweeteners (37). (academic.oup.com)
Behavioral and physiologic effects of nonnutritive sucking during gavage feeding in preterm infants. (pediatrics.aappublications.org)
«After four months, the natural urge for nonnutritive sucking has subsided, and babies are now using their mouths for nutritional needs, such as sucking on a bottle or breast, eating solid foods, and perhaps even drinking out of a «sippy» cup,» says author and nanny expert Michelle LaRowe of Nanny to the Rescue! (thetoddle.com)