Perception of Mothers about the Crying of One-month-old Babies

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  • Horikoshi Setsuko
    Department of Nursing, Gunma University of Health and Welfare
  • Tokiwa Yoko
    Department of Nursing, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences
  • Kunikiyo Kyoko
    Department of Nursing, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences
  • Takatsu Mieko
    Department of Nursing, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences

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  • 生後1か月児の泣きに関する母親の認識
  • セイゴ 1カゲツジ ノ ナキ ニ カンスル ハハオヤ ノ ニンシキ

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to clarify how mothers perceive the situation when their one-month-old baby cries.<br>Methods: Subjects were mothers who gave birth to full-term babies, and both mothers and babies were progressing normally since the birth. At the one-month baby check-ups, mothers participated in a semi-structured interview, after which a Berelson content analysis was used to conduct a qualitative inductive analysis.<br>Results: Mothers' perceptions of their babies' crying were divided into eight categories: "crying is normal", "having family to help provides peace of mind", "it is difficult for a mother to deal by herself with a crying infant", "the mother is the one who deals with her baby when it cries", "a sense of satisfaction when the baby cries", "crying needs to be dealt with in certain specific ways", "a sense of relief when crying is successfully stopped", "concern about bothering others with a crying baby".<br>Conclusion: Mothers had peace of mind when they had family to help them and were relieved when they were able to deal successfully with their babies crying. Conversely, they were perplexed when they were unsuccessful. They felt they had to handle crying in certain specific ways, but they were also afraid they might not be able to. Changing this way of thinking could be a way to reduce and alleviate negative emotions in mothers.

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