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Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.
Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this. is a People Fact in the People Facts category.

In premature infants, this is not innate until they are the equivalent of 32-34 weeks gestational age. Many premature infants must stay in the hospital because they have not sufficiently learned to suck/swallow/breathe.