Your baby's
suckling instinct adapts well to the bottle nipple as it would to your nipple.
Pacifiers do just what the name implies (if you're lucky), they pacify and comfort baby by using their natural
suckling instinct.
Not only will these birthing parents have had IV fluids, some babies find that their rooting and
suckling instincts are inhibited by the medication in the epidural.
Not exact matches
It is not instinctual on the part of the mother and although a baby has the
instinct to
suckle, latching on properly and actually getting milk requires practice.
A word about these
instincts I feel... I really can't help it, mommy, that I want to
suckle so much.
Babies have a rooting
instinct and an
instinct to
suckle.
Along with the
suckling and smiling
instincts, the laughter of tickling evolved as a way of cementing the bond between parents and children, laying the foundation for a behavior that carries over into the social lives of adults.
Because the motherless puppy — called a singleton — has a natural
instinct to
suckle, she sucks on a volunteer's finger during her feedings.