Development of comorbid crying, sleeping, feeding problems across infancy: Neurodevelopmental vulnerability and parenting

Regulatory problems (excessive crying, feeding, and sleeping difficulties), specifically their comorbidity, are early warning signs of future problems. Insensitive parenting and neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities have been suggested as factors explaining development or maintenance of regulatory problems. Nevertheless, none of the previous studies investigated these factors within the same sample across infancy, taking into account the reciprocal influences between maternal sensitivity and regulatory problems.
Source: Early Human Development - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research