When Should Parents Be Worried About Newborn Rooting? Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is the rooting reflex in infants? The rooting reflex is one of the involuntary primitive essential reflexes for survival and growth. It helps babies to find the breast or the bottle to start fee...
This reflex is present in the full-term newborn, but it may be difficult to elicit unless it is done so at approximately the normal feeding time of the infant. The tonic neck reflex is elicited by the rotation of the head of a supine infant to one side followed by extension of the ...