Early mother-infant interaction during breast- and bottle-feeding |
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Authors: | Manuela Lavelli Marco Poli |
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Institution: | Institute of Psychology, University of Milano, Italy |
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Abstract: | Thirty-two primiparous mothers with their neonates, 20 breast-fed and 12 bottle-fed, were videotaped during feeding longitudinally (at 3, 10 days, 1 and 3 months) in order to investigate whether patterns of mother-infant interaction observed during breast- and bottle-feeding differ also for behavior not directly related to sucking. Infant state, sucking behavior, mother behavior and mother-infant interaction were analyzed by both sequential and non sequential analysis. Results suggest that the method of feedings affects mother-infant interaction observed during and just after feeding also for some behavior not directly related to sucking. The percentage of mutual touch, tactile stimulation and mother's gaze to infant was significantly more elevated during breast-feeding. Independently of the feeding mode, significant sequential dependencies between infant state of alertness and auditory stimulation, and auditory stimulation and mutual gaze were found. |
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Keywords: | Early infancy mother-infant interaction breast- and bottle-feeding infant state maternal behavior visual and tactile contact |
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