When parents worry about a crying baby, what are they missing in their search for appropriate help?
| Understanding, empathy and / or being taken seriously by the counselor (s) | 30% |
| Practical, useful advice, focused on our baby and our situation | 21% |
| A counselor who guided us through the process, a so-called coordinator | 11% |
| Practical help at home | 10% |
| Contact with fellow sufferers | 6% |
| Current knowledge of care provider (s) | 5% |
| Combination of one or more of the above points | 2% |
| Referral to osteopath, chiropractor or other therapist | 2% |
| Concept of family or partner | 1% |
| I didn’t miss anything, the help I got was good | 7% |
| Different | 5% |
What was entered under “other”:
- Recognition that a baby needs security, that people listen and watch what the baby indicates. I am an advocate of holistic and natural parenting.
- Looking beyond a medical cause, our daughter turned out to be breastfeeding way too much.
Advice and guidance during swaddling. - Attention to the condition of the mother. Nobody said I could get exhausted. That happened after 4 months.
- Our son was in the AMC IC Neonatology and RKZ. I would have expected more from these two hospitals how to respond when our baby came home.
- Many experts mistakenly regard a crying baby as an isolated phenomenon. While a baby is always crying for a cause.
