Abstract: This article reviewed the digestive system characteristics,enteral nutrition style,milk choice,the starting time of enteral nutrition,the velocity of milk volume increased and the ideal growth velocity of very low birth weight infants.The aim was to investigate the effect of the different starting time of enteral nutrition on their digestive function and the growth velocity,in order to find the suitable starting time of enteral nutrition,providing the basis for clinical enteral nutrition program of very low birth weight infant.