Crying babies, tired mothers: What do we know? A systematic review

Kurth, Elisabeth; Kennedy, Holly Powell; Spichiger, Elisabeth; Hösli, Irène; Stutz, Elisabeth Zemp

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2009.05.012

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“…When infants cry, caregivers must balance empathy and approach motivations with the potential to cause harm (46). That is, infant cries draw a caregiver's attention and solicitude but sometimes invite neglect or maltreatment (53)(54)(55). Fundamental speciesgeneral responses to infant cries would suggest biological bases for generating appropriate caregiving behaviors as expressed by the nervous system.…”

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Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

Bornstein

Putnick

Rigo

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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This report coordinates assessments of five types of behavioral responses in new mothers to their own infants' cries with neurobiological responses in new mothers to their own infants' cries and in experienced mothers and inexperienced nonmothers to infant cries and other emotional and control sounds. We found that 684 new primipara mothers in 11 countries (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Kenya, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United States) preferentially responded to their infants' vocalizing distress by picking up and holding and by talking to their infants, as opposed to displaying affection, distracting, or nurturing. Complementary functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analyses of brain responses to their own infants' cries in 43 new primipara US mothers revealed enhanced activity in concordant brain territories linked to the intention to move and to speak, to process auditory stimulation, and to caregive [supplementary motor area (SMA), inferior frontal regions, superior temporal regions, midbrain, and striatum]. Further, fMRI brain responses to infant cries in 50 Chinese and Italian mothers replicated, extended, and, through parcellation, refined the results. Brains of inexperienced nonmothers activated differently. Culturally common responses to own infant cry coupled with corresponding fMRI findings to own infant and to generic infant cries identified specific, common, and automatic caregiving reactions in mothers to infant vocal expressions of distress and point to their putative neurobiological bases. Candidate behaviors embedded in the nervous systems of human caregivers lie at the intersection of evolutionary biology and developmental cultural psychology.

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Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

Bornstein

Putnick

Rigo

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

147

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“…10 One area of mothers' concern during postpartum includes the need for information on general health, baby behaviour, and baby care. [11][12][13] Infant crying is another problem described by Tanzanian mothers 13 and is associated with tiredness and fatigue. 12 Exclusive breastfeeding is rarely practised by Tanzanian mothers 14 and combining breastfeeding with different motherhood roles and employment is complex and challenging.…”

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Joy, struggle and support: Postpartum experiences of first-time mothers in a Tanzanian suburb

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The first-time mothers enjoyed motherhood and the respectful status it implied. To understand and handle the infant's needs and own bodily changes were important during postpartum. The tradition of abstaining from sex up to 4 years during breastfeeding was a concern as male's faithfulness was questioned and with HIV a threat to family health. Partner relationship changed towards shared parental and household work and the man's active participation was appreciated. Support from family members and others in the neighbourhood were utilised as a resource by the mothers. In instances of uncertainties on how to handle things, their advice was typically followed. The new mothers generally had good experiences of health care during the childbearing period. However, they also experienced insufficiencies in knowledge transfer, disrespectful behaviour, and unofficial fees. KEY CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE: The mothers' perspective of postpartum revealed that they actively searched for ways to attain infants' and own health needs, and family health in general. Prolonged sexual abstinence was considered a risk for the partner having other sexual partners and contracting HIV. The mothers relied heavily on the informal support network, which sometimes meant risking family health due to misinformation and harmful practices. Health care and informal support systems should complement each other to attain adequate support for the families postpartum.

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“…Innerhalb und außerhalb der Familie kommt es zu einer Auseinandersetzung mit dem neuen Rollenverständnis (Bell et al, 2007;St John et al 2005). Stillschwierigkeiten, Schrei-und Schlafprobleme, postpartale Erschöpfung und Depression der Mütter sind häufige Herausforderungen in der ersten Zeit nach der Geburt (Kurth, et al 2009;Thome, & Skuladottir, 2005). Um diese neuen Anforderungen zu bewältigen, benötigen junge Eltern neben der Hilfe durch Familienangehörige und Freunde oft auch professionelle Unterstützung (Haggman-Laitila & Euramaa, 2003;Kurth et al, 2010).…”

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Erfahrungen junger Eltern mit der familienzentrierten Betreuung in der Primärversorgung in der Schweiz: Eine qualitative Evaluationsstudie

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2014

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BACKGROUND Routine postnatal care normally addresses only the mother and her child. In Switzerland, counselling for all parents and their children is provided by family nurses in a communitybased health care setting. We implemented a new approach to ensure father involvement within the framework of the Calgary Family Assessment (CFAM) and the Calgary Intervention Model CFIM of Wright and Leahey (2013) in the northwest of Switzerland. AIM This qualitative study explored how mothers and fathers experienced the newly developed family-centred consultation. METHOD Data collection was performed by means of participant observation and semi-structured interviews with a sample of five first-time parents with healthy neonates. Data were analysed by using content analysis according to Mayring. RESULTS Mothers and fathers experienced family-centred consultation as effective. They felt more secure and confident "to handle the new situation" and obtained trustful, concrete and professional support to take care of their baby, particularly with regard to breast feeding, crying and sleeping patterns. CONCLUSIONS Fathers felt included into postnatal care from the beginning. Family nursing offers a useful framework for family-centred postnatal health care. Family nursing offers a useful framework for family-centred postnatal health care.

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Crying babies, tired mothers: What do we know? A systematic review

Cited by 105 publications

References 50 publications

Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

Joy, struggle and support: Postpartum experiences of first-time mothers in a Tanzanian suburb

Erfahrungen junger Eltern mit der familienzentrierten Betreuung in der Primärversorgung in der Schweiz: Eine qualitative Evaluationsstudie

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