Which statement is NOT a benefit of non-nutritive sucking in the enterally fed neonate?

• A. Improves digestion of enteral feedings
• B. Stimulates secretion of lingual lipase, gastrin, insulin and motilin through vagal innervation in the oral mucosa
• C. May prevent subsequent development of an oral aversion when the child is physiologically capable of oral feeding
• D. Delays oral feeding when developmentally appropriate

Answer: (D)