Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding. An assessment called the Early Feeding Skills (EFS) checklist is a valid and ...
The most frequently used breastfeeding assessment tools include: the Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool, the Mother-Baby Assessment, the LATCH tool, the Systematic Assessment of the Infant at the ...
The best predictor of actual intake of breast milk in a term infant is infant audible swallowing. [18] Except for the IBFAT, all of the assessment tools include infant audible swallowing ( Table 7).