[Regulatory disorders in early childhood. Family physician counseling for crying, sleeping and feeding disorders].

Early childhood regulatory disorders account for the most common behavioral abnormalities of the infant and young child that result from regulatory problems associated with age-specific adaptational and developmental tasks. Increasing empirical evidence indicates that these problems need to receive full attention. If left to themselves, such disorders impair the early parent-child relationship, and increase the risk for disturbances later on in life. In most cases, the family doctor is the first person to be consulted by the infant's parents who are unable to cope with excessive crying, sleeping or feeding disorders. A range of proven methods are available to support counseling on child development in the physician's office.