Most of the infant's satisfaction and gratifications are through the skin's perception of being touched - through physical contact with her mother and other caring adults - and through the mouth, especially sucking. Infants have a great need to suck even when they are not hungry, and this sucking should be both allowed and encouraged.
Parents frequently worry that if they respond to a baby's crying by picking her up they will spoil her, and the baby will cry often in order to get attention. It could be said that during its first year and infant cannot be spoiled. When a infant cries she usually does so because she is uncomfortable, hungry, sick or needs some physical attention.
Parents frequently worry that if they respond to a baby's crying by picking her up they will spoil her, and the baby will cry often in order to get attention. It could be said that during its first year and infant cannot be spoiled. When a infant cries she usually does so because she is uncomfortable, hungry, sick or needs some physical attention.
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