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Newborns can taste and smell and will favor sweet tastes over bitter ones. For example, a newborn will choose to suck on a bottle of sweetened water, but will turn away or cry if given something bitter or sour to taste. Likewise, newborns will turn toward smells they favor and turn away from bad odors.
Here's the deal on newborn reflexes. Babies are pretty darn smart right from the start. In fact, from day one they instinctively know how to grasp a finger and root for the breast, along with several other reflexes that your babyâs pediatrician will check on his first day or two of life (and at subsequent well-baby checkups). These include: Moro reflex (also called startle reflex) 1  Trigger: While some babies sometimes startle for no apparent reason, usually itâs in response to a loud noise, a sudden movement or the sensation of falling (say, when you put your little one down in his bassinet without enough support).