Mothers' voices can help train preemies to feed

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Mothers' voices can help train preemies to feed

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A pacifier-activated recording of mother singing may improve a premature baby's feeding, which in turn could lead to its leaving the hospital sooner, according to a new study. One reason premature babies sometimes have to stay in the hospital for a while is that they haven't developed the strength and coordination to nurse properly. Babies who can't feed yet stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and rely on a feeding tube. Doctors and nurses usually give those babies a pacifier whenever possible to help them practice sucking, which can speed up the learning process and shorten their hospital stay.

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