DISSERTATIONS - 2008

Mother-baby relationship and baby´s sleep habits: application of technique to modify sleep habits

Renata Soifer

Advisor: Ceres Araújo
Key-words: relationship mother-baby, baby´s sleep, massage, change of sleep habits, child development, Jungian theory.
Abstract:-This study aims to review the possibilities to apply a technique that may modify sleep habits among children with difficulty to sleep. It is an investigative study of relationship mother-baby. The bibliography compiled has suggested that the mother or the individual taking on the mother´s role has a key role in the process of falling asleep and maintaining baby´s sleep. Simultaneously, having a good and restful night sleep was something much valued and attempted by the parents. By applying the technique of change of sleep habits, which has been developed by the author, this study analyses three pairs of “mother-baby” basing its findings on the Jungian theory. The objective of the study has been achieved since the technique has proved to be efficient when stipulating different intervals of waiting time, according to psychological resources characterized by each phase of the human development. By providing an exclusive time for the mother-baby interaction through giving the baby a body massage, the baby was offered different experiences, both of primary bond and separation