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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Chapter 8 - Oral-Motor Feeding Problems<br />

Table 8-1: Developmental Sequence of Oral-Motor and Self-Feeding Skills<br />

Age Reflexes Jaws and Cheeks Lips Tongue Swallowing Self-Feeding<br />

• Hand-tomouth<br />

activity<br />

• Suck-swallow<br />

sequence 1:1 at<br />

start of feed; 2-3:1<br />

toward end of feed<br />

• Air swallow<br />

common<br />

• Fills oral cavity<br />

• Provides<br />

compression and<br />

suction during<br />

sucking<br />

• Upper lip exerts<br />

more pressure<br />

than lower in<br />

sucking<br />

• No lateral lip<br />

closure<br />

• Lips closed at<br />

rest<br />

• Fat pad present<br />

• Primary jaw<br />

movement<br />

downward during<br />

sucking<br />

• Palmomental<br />

• Rooting<br />

• Gag<br />

• Phasic bite<br />

Term to<br />

1 month<br />

• Expects<br />

feeding<br />

at regular<br />

intervals<br />

See above • Fat pad thinning • Lateral borders<br />

close on nipple<br />

1-2<br />

months<br />

• Visual recognition<br />

of nipple<br />

• Pats bottle or<br />

breast<br />

• Can voluntarily<br />

inhibit suck to look<br />

or listen<br />

• Tongue protrudes<br />

in anticipation of<br />

feeding or if nipple<br />

touches lip<br />

• Ejects food<br />

voluntarily<br />

• Smacks lips<br />

• Protrudes lips<br />

to surround<br />

nipple<br />

• Buccal cavity begins<br />

to develop<br />

• Palmomental<br />

and phasic<br />

bite<br />

disappearing<br />

3-4<br />

months<br />

• Begins finger<br />

feeding<br />

• Plays <strong>with</strong><br />

spoon<br />

• Choking rare on<br />

breast or bottle<br />

• One sip at a time<br />

from a cup<br />

• No gagging on<br />

pureed food<br />

• Tongue moves in up<br />

and down manner<br />

<strong>with</strong> pureed foods;<br />

no lateralization<br />

• Tongue still in<br />

anticipation of food<br />

• Tongue protrudes<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e swallow<br />

• Draws in lower<br />

lip when spoon<br />

removed<br />

• Upper lip active<br />

in cleaning food<br />

from spoon<br />

• Purses lips at<br />

corners<br />

• Buccal cavity<br />

developed<br />

• Up and down<br />

munching and biting<br />

• Inner cheeks draw<br />

inward during eating<br />

• Positions mouth <strong>for</strong><br />

spoon<br />

• Rooting<br />

begins to<br />

diminish<br />

• Gag elicited<br />

farther back<br />

in mouth<br />

96 <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> With <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Needs</strong><br />

5-6<br />

months

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