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Those who have studied this complex relationship under a microscope say that mothers readily identify with children of the same sex and consciously or unconsciously expect their daughters to become replicas of themselves.
Mother and baby attachment. A feeling that draws you magnet like to your baby. Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. It is thought that. Attachment or the attachment bond is the unique emotional relationship between your baby and you their primary caretaker.
Baby separation anxiety in relation to the mother has not kicked in yet. The infant may distinguish between caregivers but in general displays little preference. Ainsworth found that babies of mothers who were attuned to their youngsters needs developed a secure attachment style whereas babies of mothers who were imperceptive aloof or erratic developed. The mother was the main attachment figure for about half of the children at 18 months old and the father for most of the others.
Normally a baby develops a close attachment bond to his or her mother by the age of 6 to 9 months. Caplan warns us not to get carried away with this concept and its ramifications. This includes values tastes and lifestyles. Within psychology attachment behavior of this stage is characterized by.
This happens because the mother has provided food or milk when the baby is hungry cuddles when the baby is upset and nappy changes when needed etc. A relationship that when felt to its deepest degree causes the mother to feel that the baby is a part of her. The quality of the attachment bond varies. Attachment is an emotional bond with another person.
He suggested that attachment also serves to keep the infant close to the mother thus improving the childs chances of survival. Crying smiling babbling and sucking to achieve and maintain the attention and proximity of the mother. It is a key factor in the way your infants brain organizes itself and how your child develops socially emotionally intellectually and physically. As a result the mother baby relationship and the babys socio emotional adjustment and balance are influenced.
This feeling is so strong that at least in the early months the attached mother feels complete when she is with her baby and incomplete if they are apart. The baby has come to learn that this person will be there to respond to any needs. The mothers psychological tension her difficulty in responding to the relevant metabolic changes and the physiologic states which could influence the mothers health are effective in the mothers socio emotional adjustment and balance. Many of the babies had several attachments by ten months old including attachments to mothers fathers grandparents siblings and neighbors.