Mother/child bond

Since John Bowlby (1958) and Mary D. Salter Ainsworth (1969) perceived and described with their attachment theory the nature of the mother-child bonding as an extensive phylogenetically evolved protective program, the child s reassurance from his mother... 

Enhances mother-child relationship—It permits an early mother-child bonding. 

Artificially fed infants should normally be offered a bottle feed within a few hours of birth, building up to approximately 150ml/kg daily by the end of the first week. The fluid should be given as correctly diluted modified milk. Provided that the infant is not drowsy for any cause, demand-feeds are appropriate—usually at about 3 to 4 hourly intervals. Additional boiled water can be offered. Care should be taken to encourage close mother-child bonding in bottle fed infants ... 

Despite this switching off of the importance of pheromones other types of human odor continue to play an important role in the bonding between individuals between mother and child, between man and woman, and between members of a family. Although our ability to recognize people by their odor is very much less than, say, that of a dog, it is clear that each of us has his or her own unique smell. 

Must weigh the risk of treatment (first trimester fetal development, third trimester newborn delivery) to the child against the risk of no treatment (recurrence of depression, maternal health, infant bonding) to the mother and child... 

Yes. Typically, after divorce, the only child re-bonds to each parent to compensate for family security that has been lost. In the process, when the child s primary residence is with the mother, for example, the boy or girl may come to occupy a powerful, quasi-adult family role"man of the house" to the mother if a son, or mother s "best friend" if a daughter. 

Touch is extremely important for humans and their pets. Stroking pets has been found to have a calming effect on both the human and the pet. Touch is also important in the bonding process between mother and child. Touch also forms the sensory basis for Braille, the means of spelling words by a system of raised dots on a flat surface to enable the sightless to read. 

Description In addition to its core functionality, the monitoring system could increase the bond between mother and unborn baby. This could be achieved by providing simplified information of the relationship between the status of the mom to be and that of her child. ... 

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