Believe it or not, children below 3 years old also suffer from depression. Notice them having disruptions in eating and sleeping pattern? Since they are in this age of learning and rapid growth, it is not impossible that they experience traumatic circumstances. They are vulnerable, and this was recognized by experts thus was further researched and was found out that some struggles with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Brain development will continue on when your baby feels loved and secure. Pedia
trics stressed out that they should have "secure attachment at least to one parent for them to feel free to explore their environment". Feelings of comfort, safety and security must be recognized by the child. And parents have primary role to do this. Honestly, we can do this by instinct. By cuddling them, singing to them, and all those things we even can't stop from doing because we also feel the need to be close to them, they feel this love. But those times that the parent is stressed out, depressed or unstable, the child struggles with her. However, since they are still having difficulty adjusting and they are not even aware how to manage what they feel they tend to either be aggressive or withdrawn. They cry frequently, have tantrums, may seem hyperactive and at times have problems with attention and concentration.
Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma advises that parents open up to their babies pediatricians of any concern including fore mentioned symptoms for possible stress disorder. Since babies cannot take any anti depressant, their family have to turn to therapy. These medications cannot make the babies feel loved and secure; so look for something that would. And that will only be from her family and love ones.
This can lead to a lifetime problem since whatever happens in your childhood affects your adult life therefore it is a MUST that this be given attention.
Brain development will continue on when your baby feels loved and secure. Pedia
trics stressed out that they should have "secure attachment at least to one parent for them to feel free to explore their environment". Feelings of comfort, safety and security must be recognized by the child. And parents have primary role to do this. Honestly, we can do this by instinct. By cuddling them, singing to them, and all those things we even can't stop from doing because we also feel the need to be close to them, they feel this love. But those times that the parent is stressed out, depressed or unstable, the child struggles with her. However, since they are still having difficulty adjusting and they are not even aware how to manage what they feel they tend to either be aggressive or withdrawn. They cry frequently, have tantrums, may seem hyperactive and at times have problems with attention and concentration.Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma advises that parents open up to their babies pediatricians of any concern including fore mentioned symptoms for possible stress disorder. Since babies cannot take any anti depressant, their family have to turn to therapy. These medications cannot make the babies feel loved and secure; so look for something that would. And that will only be from her family and love ones.
This can lead to a lifetime problem since whatever happens in your childhood affects your adult life therefore it is a MUST that this be given attention.
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Oh my... don't want this to happen to my one and only nephew. He has tantrums sometimes, but he's a jolly kid, although he often wakes up at midnight and cry as if he had just had a bad dream, sometimes calling his mommy while sleeping... hmmm...