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The first bonding we build in first hours of our lives
Based on the work of two pediatritians Marshall Klaus and John Kennell, the first maternal-infant bonding should occur right after birth. When they observed the babies who were separated from their mothers because of illness or prematurity or other cases in the first hours of their lives, they noticed that mothers most likely tended to neglect or ignore their babies. They were less comfortable and less certain whether the baby was theirs or not. Sometimes mothers do not want to hold babies if they are not given him/her immediately after birth.
This early separation can interrupt some fundamental bonding processes between the mother and a child. “There is a sensitive period in the first minutes or hours of life during which it is necessary that the mother have close contact with the neonate for later development to be optimal” (Klaus & Kennell, 1976, p. 14). According to animal studies, animal mothers that were separated from their baby animals often rejected them. To develop deep emotional maternal bonding, the mother should hold her child immediately, and remain their skin-to-skin contact. Because of the increased level of oxytocin, the mother are more likely to cuddle, kiss, caress her neonate to develop the bonda, and to comfort the baby.
However, human mothers are more adaptive than animals, of course. Due to a number of medical reasons of early separation, it is okay for mothers and babies to miss the early contact, this sometimes does not have any impact on their later attachment. Mothers can still form a strong close ties with their children even if they have given birth by c-section, or adopted them or when the baby is premature. The development of parent-infant relationship is not magical momentary situation but it is an ongoing social process.
P.S. When I watched the attached video below, I immediately analyzed the scientific explanation of this case which I learned in my developmental psychology class. It is incredible to see the actual expression of what the mother felt at that time.
@MinnesotanPeggy
Based on the work of two pediatritians Marshall Klaus and John Kennell, the first maternal-infant bonding should occur right after birth. When they observed the babies who were separated from their mothers because of illness or prematurity or other cases in the first hours of their lives, they noticed that mothers most likely tended to neglect or ignore their babies. They were less comfortable and less certain whether the baby was theirs or not. Sometimes mothers do not want to hold babies if they are not given him/her immediately after birth.
This early separation can interrupt some fundamental bonding processes between the mother and a child. “There is a sensitive period in the first minutes or hours of life during which it is necessary that the mother have close contact with the neonate for later development to be optimal” (Klaus & Kennell, 1976, p. 14). According to animal studies, animal mothers that were separated from their baby animals often rejected them. To develop deep emotional maternal bonding, the mother should hold her child immediately, and remain their skin-to-skin contact. Because of the increased level of oxytocin, the mother are more likely to cuddle, kiss, caress her neonate to develop the bonda, and to comfort the baby.
However, human mothers are more adaptive than animals, of course. Due to a number of medical reasons of early separation, it is okay for mothers and babies to miss the early contact, this sometimes does not have any impact on their later attachment. Mothers can still form a strong close ties with their children even if they have given birth by c-section, or adopted them or when the baby is premature. The development of parent-infant relationship is not magical momentary situation but it is an ongoing social process.
P.S. When I watched the attached video below, I immediately analyzed the scientific explanation of this case which I learned in my developmental psychology class. It is incredible to see the actual expression of what the mother felt at that time.
@MinnesotanPeggy