The progression from enteral to independent oral feeding represents a critical milestone in the care of preterm infants, involving a complex interplay between neurological maturation, oromotor skills ...

Despite hopes that early nutrition could enhance brain growth in preterm infants, a new study finds no significant impact—challenging assumptions about feeding strategies in neonatal care. Study: ...

Extremely preterm infants remain a very high-risk category for illness and mortality. Prior research indicates this may be mitigated by feeding preterm infants with human milk fortified with a human ...

Assistant Professor Britt Pados received funding for a Kimberly-Clark Nursing Research Grant from AWHONN for “Patterns and Predictors of Problematic Feeding in Very Preterm Infants after Neonatal ...

Long-term consequences of prematurity are a public health concern. A pattern of slow initial weight gain followed by a period of rapid weight gain has been associated with poor cardiometabolic health ...

Every day, families who are experiencing the exciting journey toward parenthood are confronted with the challenging reality of a premature birth. As a result, the joy of welcoming a child into the ...

Just because feeding is one of the first things we do in life doesn’t mean it’s simple. To the contrary, feeding is a feat of such complexity and skill that many healthy newborns struggle to feed at ...