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ust learn to cope with feelings of frustration and separation; in other words disillusion (ibid.). The weaning process is a form of separation, but from the breast. Arguably weaning is a difficult adjustment for a number of babies, which perhaps adds weight to Winnicott’s concept. In fact he reminds us “If illusion-disillusionment has gone astray the infant cannot get to so normal a thing as weaning” (1971: 13).
However, not every child is breast-fed, indeed Winnicott reminds us that being fed by bottle doesn’t equate to being a bad mother (1971: 11). What I’m able to take away from the concept of “illusion – disillusion” (1971: 13) is the baby’s perception of how its Mother is able to attune to it’s every need, both physically and mentally giving the illusion “that what the infant creates really exists” (1971: 12).
What would happen if the mother were unable to foster the illusion of omnipotence, perhaps through difficulty relating to her baby? Winnicott is quite clear about the problems this can cause with his reminder that “there is no health for the human being who has not been started off well enough by the mother” (1971: 11).
How else might the infant cope with feelings of separation from its Mother? Winnicott believed that an infant’s babbling, it’s fingers inside it’s mouth through to the relationship they have with cherished toys or blankets were key in understanding how the infant copes with feelings of separation. Transitional phenomena is a way of evoking a representation of mother in her absence, an acknowledgement that he is going through a state of transition (1971:14).
“The transitional phenomena represent the early stages of the use of illusion, without which there is no meaning for the human being in the idea of a relationship with an object that is perceived by others as external to that being (Winnicott, 1971: 11).
In an observation carried out with Charlie I saw her sucking her thumb but with her spare hand she caressed her ear repeatedly,
Charlie takes her seat on the computer bench and puts her thumb inside her mouth and slouches onto the desk pushing her bum out…She sits back up and this time she’s sucking on her finger. Another toddler is in distress and won’t stop crying. Charlie stares at the crying toddler. I look for a reaction from Charlie but I don’t get one, sh
