for newborn mouth exercise

1. Oro-motor
Stimulation
By
Dr. Darshita Fatnani

2. Newborn
oral
Developmen
t

3. Process of
suck,
swallow and
breath .

4. Sucking assist with pads of fat which lies
between the buccinators and masseter
muscle.

5. Normal feeding development

6. Sucking rate per second
Babies suck and swallow at frequency of about 1 per second
when milk is actively flowing
When milk flow is less than rate of suck is 2 per second.

7. Sucking facilitates
Fleeing of clam
Reduce heart rate
Elevate mother and baby’s pain threshold

8. Non -nutritive sucking
This kind of
sucking is the
sequence that
occurs when fluid is
not introduced into
the baby's mouth.

10. We find Feeding difficulties in children with respiratory
disorders ,Neurological disorders , heart conditions.
Malnutrition and failure to thrive are common in children
Poor oral feeding is a major cause of imbalanced nutritional
intake
Nutritional/feeding issues in these infants often persist
throughout the first years of life
Increased rate of oral motor and speech abnormalities and
poor neurodevelopmental outcomes

11. Stroke the baby’s cheek towards
the lip

12. Brush the baby’s lip until they
relax

13. Soft & hard palate rubbing

14. Massage under the chin

15. Stroke around the lip

16. Massage outer and inner gums