Objective: To analyze maternal care for siblings of preterm babies hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. Method: Qualitative research using symbolic interactionism as a theoretical reference and narrative research as a methodological reference. Ten mothers were surveyed through semi-structured interviews. Results: Three thematic units emerged from the analysis of data: “social support in the sharing of child care”; “promotion of adaptation to the arrival of a sibling” and “maternal feelings and coping”. Final considerations: Care for the premature child’s sibling is developed under mothers’ physical distance from him/her, justified by the need to remain close to the premature child due to risks and fragility related to the condition.

Objective: to unveil the interrelation of childhood colic management by mothers and Family Health Strategy professional. Methods: a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research carried out with 4 Family Health Strategy teams and 31 mothers who experienced childhood colic. Data collection included, respectively, focus group and individual unstructured interview. Symbolic Interactionism was adopted as the theoretical framework, and Narrative Research as methodological. Results: two themes emerged: “Colic approach” and “Social support and care”. Professional childhood colic management is based on diagnosis and drug interventions. For mothers, the child’s suffering and impotence in the face of the disease stand out. Final considerations: childhood colic is socially widespread because it is a physiological and self-limiting event. Mothers felt helpless in the face of childhood colic. Professionals felt the need to expand their care, with a view to achieving maternal suffering and alleviating it.

RESUMO Objetivo Compreender as vivências de interação entre mães adolescentes e enfermeiras visitadoras no Programa Jovens Mães Cuidadoras. Método Pesquisa qualitativa, em que se utilizou o referencial teórico-metodológico da Fenomenologia Social, sendo realizadas entrevistas fenomenológicas com enfermeiras visitadoras e mães adolescentes. Resultados Participaram três enfermeiras visitadoras e nove mães adolescentes. A compreensão das vivências permitiu a elaboração de três categorias de contextos de significados relacionados ao tempo passado e presente: “As vivências de participação no Programa Jovens Mães Cuidadoras”; “A interação vivida por enfermeiras visitadoras e mães adolescentes”; “Parentalidade e papel maternal”. Conclusão A interação entre enfermeiras visitadoras e mães adolescentes no programa foi caracterizada como positiva, por proporcionar à mãe maior segurança em desempenhar seu papel maternal e parental. As atitudes das enfermeiras e das mães adolescentes se mostraram fundamentais para o estabelecimento de interação positiva.