PEDIATRICS Vol. 32 No. 5 November 1963, pp. 931-937
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THE EARLY MOTHER-INFANT ADJUSTMENT

T. Berry Brazelton M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

The ability of the physician to evaluate and predict the individual innate capacities of an infant for interaction with his environment can be blended with an understanding of the mother to effect a positive start in the mother-infant relationship. The psychological adjustments required of a new mother and the psychophysiological homeostatic mechanisms of the baby's first week offer the pediatrician opportunities for important observation and effective assistance. Two cases serve to demonstrate divergent reactions between mothers and their new babies, as they adjust to each other. The recognition of the role each of the participants plays in this first adjustment becomes important to the pediatrician in his efforts to strengthen a positive mother-infant relationship.

Submitted on July 16, 1962
Accepted on May 20, 1963




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