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Table 1 - Gestational ages for swallowing and sucking

From the following article

Swallowing and feeding in infants and young children

Joan C. Arvedson

GI Motility online (2006)

doi:10.1038/gimo17

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Swallowing functionGestational age (weeks)
Pharyngeal swallow10–14
True suckling18–24
Tongue cupping28
Sustain nutrition totally orally34–37
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