The rooting and sucking reflexes:
A)grow stronger over the first several months of life.
B)do not change in intensity over the first several months of life.
C)grow weaker over the first several months of life.
D)are replaced by the swallowing reflex.

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The rooting and sucking reflexes are present at birth to help infants feed. Over the first several months of life, as babies develop more voluntary control over their actions, these reflexes typically grow weaker and are gradually integrated into more deliberate behaviors.

The Rooting and Sucking Reflexes