Harding, C.Law, JamesPring, T.2018-07-202018-07-202006-11Harding, C., Law, J. & Pring, T. (2006) The use of non-nutritive sucking to promote functional sucking skills in premature infants: an exploratory trial. Infant, vol. 2, 6 , pp. 238-243.1745-1205https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/418http://www.infantgrapevine.co.uk/pdf/inf_012_nsp.pdfNon-nutritive sucking appears to promote an infant's readiness to begin oral feeding. This small pilot study examined a non-nutritive sucking programme to facilitate the transition to full oral feeding in premature infants. The results suggest that the non-nutritive sucking programme implemented by a speech and language therapist positively benefited the feeding development of neonates. Issues raised by the pilot study should be investigated in a larger scale study.238-243article