A childhood observation

      Spend 60 minutes observing a 5- to 6- month-old infant with one of his primary caregivers. Focus your observation on the following; Affective tone of parent and infant Caregiver’s physical handling of infant How well do they know the baby? Responsiveness to each other: eye contact, smiling, sharing perceptions, and attention Caregiver’s responsiveness to the baby: ability to see baby’s needs, read their signals and cues, take their perspective, see them “as they are.” Dyadic regulation: if mismatches or distress occur (e.g. the infant becomes fussy, or the infant reacts to the caregiver’s attention shifting away from them), how do they restore a sense of synchrony? Play: If the observation includes play between the caregiver and infant, what is the content and process of the play? What do they do together, and how do they keep the play going?