It is usual still (although I have the subjective feeling that less and less happens) that there are parents who believe that their babies tease them because they cry to be caught and calm down when they are already in their arms. Perhaps more than teasing they refer to it as they have made it bad or that he is not a child as good as they would like.
Whatever the way of defining such behavior, what is being talked about is a problem of perception of the parents, who for some reason believe that normal babies stay calm in their bassinet and cribs and that those who ask for arms have some problem to solve. In Babies and more We have talked about it for a long time and we are clear that it is an emotional and survival need (in the arms of a fixed mother that one is not in danger) and a recent study has tried to give an explanation to the phenomenon: why children calm down when you take them in their arms.
Study Data
The aforementioned study has been carried out in Japan and has been carried out with both babies and mice. According to the researchers, when mothers take their babies they calm down automatically, being a reaction seen in both babies and mice.
Apparently, at the moment a baby is caught in the arms, a set of regulations at the level of the central nervous system, at the motor and cardiac levels That makes them calm. To achieve the reverse effect, it may be enough to separate them from their mothers, away from their arms.
Seeing that the place where children are best is the arms of their parents, the researchers explain that knowing this can help alleviate the frustration of those parents who feel they are doing something wrong to catch them and who have not just found the solution to Don't be in your arms, but at the same time don't cry, and it can also help prevent child abuse.
In the words of Kumi Kuroda, one of the authors of the study:
From humans to mice, mammalian babies calm down and relax when their mothers carry them. This infant response reduces the effort that the mother feels when carrying the baby in her arms, and is beneficial for both the mother and the baby.
The benefit to both is because when a baby is in the arms of his mother, as I mentioned above, the chances of survival are greater and the baby, in general, is calmer, feels more secure and has less reasons to activate their alert mechanisms, or what is the same, less reason to cry. In regards to the benefit for mothers, what any mother and father wants is that your children are well cared for and that they don't cry or be especially nervous, so it's great to know that they can be taken without problems because, in fact, they are better so alone.
The mice had the same positive response.
To do the experiment with mice, they applied small cardiac electrodes and grabbed the young by the skin of the back, just as their mother would. They saw that the young stopped moving and became compact. They seemed relaxed, although they kept the limbs bent, stopped crying and the heart rate decreased.
With the babies the answer was the same, being taken by their mothers heart rates stabilizedThey stopped moving and stopped crying.
In reference to the application of this knowledge in the lives of children, they commented the following:
A scientific understanding of this infant response will prevent parents from misinterpreting crying restart as the baby's intention to control the parents, as some theories of parenting suggest, such as the kind of strategy of letting the baby stop crying alone ... Instead, this phenomenon should be interpreted as a natural consequence of the baby's sensorimotor systems.
Or what is the same, babies are "programmed" to cry if they feel insecure and alone and at the same time are programmed to know at ease, calm and calm when accompanied. These responses are intended to ensure the survival of the species and as a consequence have caregivers nearby, precisely to provide care, attention, affection and affection.
