Age: 0-2 months

Reflexes

• Palmomental
• Gag
• Rooting
• Phasic bite

Oral-motor and self-feeding skills and behaviors

• Coordinated suck-swallow-breathe pattern
• Moving tongue forward and back
• Moving hand to mouth
• Expecting feedings at regular intervals

Positioning

Appropriate positioning at this stage can include:

• Supine, with the head slightly elevated
• Reclining at an angle of less than 45 degrees

Appropriate foods

• Breastmilk or infant formula

You can view a video of feeding skills at the 0-2-month old stage here:

• video for broadband (1.93 MB)
• video for modem (1.35 MB)

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