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in infants and children
Sucking and oral feeding disorders can affect infants from birth, but also older children during the transition to solid foods. Early and multidisciplinary management allows the baby and their family to be effectively supported.
We support newborns and infants, whether breastfed or not, presenting sucking disorders. These disorders can manifest as nipple pain during feeds, clicking sounds at the breast or bottle, milk loss during sucking, ineffective sucking, insufficient weight gain, reflux, etc.
We also intervene when the transition to solid foods (purees or pieces) is difficult: very pronounced gag reflex, food rejection, swallowing difficulties, abnormally long mealtimes, excessive drooling during meals, etc.
Sucking disorders refer to difficulties feeding effectively. In practice, this means the baby may struggle to coordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing during breastfeeding.
These disorders are not necessarily serious and may be linked to certain characteristics of the mouth or tongue. The goal is to identify these difficulties early in order to support the baby.
This can cause feelings of guilt, the sense of being a bad mother, and a great deal of frustration and disappointment.
