The perinatal nurse describes infant feeding cues to a new mother. These feeding cues include which of the following behaviors? (Select all that apply.)

A. Mouth movements
B. Moving the hand to the mouth
C. Sticking the tongue out
D. Vocalizations
E. Yawning


ANS: A, B, D
The infant demonstrates readiness for feeding when he or she begins to stir, bobs the head against the mattress or the mother's neck or shoulder, makes movements of the mouth, makes hand-to-mouth or hand-to-hand movements, exhibits sucking or licking, exhibits rooting, and demonstrates increased activity with the arms and legs flexed and the hands in a fist.

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