Sullivan R M, Toubas P
Zoology Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., USA. rsullivan@ou..edu
Biol Neonate. 1998 Dec;74(6):402-8. doi: 10.1159/000014061.
This study assessed the responsiveness of newborn breast- and bottle-fed infants to presentations of maternal odor. Maternal odor was presented for 1 min to crying, sleeping or awake newborns. The odors were: (1) own mother's odor - presentation of a hospital gown worn by the baby's mother, (2) other mother's odor - presentation of a hospital gown of another newborn baby's mother, (3) clean gown - presentation of a clean hospital gown and (4) no gown - no gown presented. The results indicated that crying babies stopped crying when either own mother or other mother odor was presented. Awake babies responded specifically to their own mother's odor by increasing mouthing. These results suggest that the practice of presenting the mother's odor to a distressed infant is of clinical usefulness since it was capable of attenuating crying. The results also characterized a role for maternal odor with respect to feeding since presentation of the infant's own mother odor increased mouthing. Thus, presentation of maternal odor may also be useful in enhancing nipple acceptance and feeding in newborns.
本研究评估了母乳喂养和奶瓶喂养的新生儿对母体气味呈现的反应。将母体气味呈现给哭闹、睡眠或清醒的新生儿1分钟。气味分别为：（1）自己母亲的气味——呈现婴儿母亲穿的医院 gown，（2）其他母亲的气味——呈现另一个新生儿母亲的医院 gown，（3）干净 gown——呈现干净的医院 gown，（4）无 gown——不呈现 gown。结果表明，哭闹的婴儿在呈现自己母亲或其他母亲的气味时停止哭闹。清醒的婴儿通过增加口部动作对自己母亲的气味做出特异性反应。这些结果表明，向苦恼的婴儿呈现母亲的气味这种做法具有临床实用性，因为它能够减轻哭闹。结果还表明母体气味在喂养方面具有作用，因为呈现婴儿自己母亲的气味会增加口部动作。因此，呈现母体气味在增强新生儿对乳头接受度和喂养方面可能也有用处。
