In follow-up appointments or visits with parents and their new baby,it may be useful if the nurse can identify parental behaviors that can either facilitate or inhibit attachment.Which is a facilitating behavior?
A) Parents have difficulty naming the infant.
B) Parents hover around the infant,directing attention to and pointing at the infant.
C) Parents make no effort to interpret the actions or needs of the infant.
D) Parents do not move from fingertip touch to palmar contact and holding.

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Hovering around the infant and directing attention towards them is a facilitating behavior as it shows the parents are interested in their infant and actively seeking to bond with them. Difficulty in naming the infant or not interpreting their needs and actions is inhibiting behavior. Not progressing from fingertip touch to palmar contact and holding can also be inhibiting as it does not allow for a deeper physical connection between parent and child.

In Follow-Up Appointments or Visits with Parents and Their New