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Lancaster Glossary of Child Development

Rooting response

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

present in normal full term newborns (e.g., to locate the 

nipple) and characterised by head-turning, followed by sucking movements, toward the side of the mouth or cheek (i.e., perioral region) touched

. See Suckling

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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