Abstract
Rita H. Pickler, Guest Editor M other-infant attachment has long been thought necessary for almost all aspects of infant well-being. Attachment is in£uenced by many factors and is most clearly observed in the interaction of a mother and her infant. A mother’s role in this interaction is to be sensitive to the infant’s behavioral cues, respond appropriately to those cues, and assist the infant to develop cue giving and selfregulatory behavior. Feeding interactions are particularly crucial to the development of attachment, but feeding an infant does not necessarily lead to attachment. Rather, infants become attached to adults who are sensitive and responsive to them. In fact, infant feeding di⁄culties may make feeding interactions between mothers and high-risk infants very stressful with potentially negative consequences for the infant and the mother.
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