The crying baby: What approach?

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-529

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast feeding; colic; infant; infant crying; infant feeding; sleep

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; CRYING; DEPRESSION; FEEDING DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MILK ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION;

COLIC; CRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 80052681501     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834a1b78     Document Type: Review

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