Table 4 Coping with symptoms of D-MER

Endure it patiently

・keep thinking it’s okay

・make me careless

・there are things like this, and I will endure it because the end is near

・endure while biting your lips and clenching your hands

Distract myself

・eat ice cream, drink coffee and take a break

・look outside, listen to music

・distract yourself by watching TV or use your smartphone

・go out and focus on something else

・distract yourself by talking to your family

・eat what you like, drink something warm, and calm down

Change or stop breastfeeding

・express milk and bottle feed

・mix nutrition

・stop breastfeeding and switch to artificial feeding

Seek someone who can empathize with me

・search the internet to find people who are in the same situation as you

・post on the net and get sympathy

・tell my husband and cry

Express my emotions as they are

・clear your mind by shedding a lot of tears

・stop breastfeeding once and leave and cry until you feel better

・get angry at other children’s trifles

・breastfeeding problems and tears

Calm myself down by directing my feelings towards the child

・seeing a child’s face heals me

・thinking about keeping my child’s nutrition and immunity, control my feelings

・make an effort to increase the enjoyment of taking lots of pictures of children