During Her Pregnancy Melinda Spent Much Time Day-Dreaming About Her

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During her pregnancy Melinda spent much time day-dreaming about her new baby.She always envisioned a happy smiling infant and the joy that she would have feeding and dressing and playing with her child.Unfortunately, Melinda's infant expressed a very difficult temperament after birth, and Melinda now finds herself disappointed.She finds her infant's behaviours aversive and reacts harshly to what she perceives are unreasonable demands.How would you characterize Melinda's reaction to her child?

A) She lacks emotional regulation.
B) She lacks competent emotional intelligence.
C) She and her infant lack goodness-of-fit.
D) She and her infant lack fulfillment of emotional expectancies.