How Do You Wean a Late Preterm Infant Off Supplements: You Mean I Have to Suck Feed?

In this chapter, the authors discuss supplementation as it applies to the needs of the late preterm infant. Parents need to learn the importance of nutritive and nonnutritive feeding and how that will help them learn the basics of when supplementation is necessary and when it can be discontinued. An awareness of the unique characteristics of late preterm infants will help families be realistic in their feeding experience after hospital discharge.