Sentences with phrase «young babies suckling»

Not exact matches

Young babies need to suckle.

Babies actually develop the ability to lap before they learn to suckle — one study found that premature babies as young as 29 gestational weeks were able to drink from Babies actually develop the ability to lap before they learn to suckle — one study found that premature babies as young as 29 gestational weeks were able to drink from babies as young as 29 gestational weeks were able to drink from a cup.

As platypus don't have teats, they express milk onto their belly for the young to suckle, exposing the mother's highly nutritious milk to the environment, leaving babies susceptible to the perils of bacteria.