The mother-child relationship of mother and is so crucial to the baby because he is almost entirely dependent on his mother. During the first two years he has few satisfactions other than his close relationship of mother and with her, and to a lesser extent with the rest of the family. He cannot turn to friends for solace because his social environment is limited. When his mother fails to give him the affection he needs he has nowhere to turn.
1. An unloving mother is probably more likely to part with a child; the child may sense her lack of affection.
2. The child is not easy to love; in fretting for his mother he tends to reject others; if he does become attached to someone else, he is greedy and jealous in the relationship of mother and.
3. On his return to his mother, he may fail to recognize her, or reject her outright, or behave in a possessive and whining manner.
Giving up the pleasure of nursing is a real problem for the infant. Nursing contributes to the sense of "togetherness" between mother and child. Weaning disrupts an emotional relation that has been a source of satisfaction from infancy. However, many well-adjusted children have been fed from the beginning with a bottle, or even with a cup. The important factor is the parent-child relation in the situation as a whole, not in any single process such as weaning. If an affectionate relation has been established between child and mother, the child is likely to accept weaning as a somewhat unpleasant part of a generally satisfying relationship of mother and.
The mother-child relationship of mother and is so crucial to the baby because he is almost entirely dependent on his mother. During the first two years he has few satisfactions other than his close relationship of mother and with her, and to a lesser extent with the rest of the family. He cannot turn to friends for solace because his social environment is limited. When his mother fails to give him the affection he needs he has nowhere to turn.