Abstract
This study examines the effects of a year long at-home observation of an at-risk mother-infant dyad by looking at their experiences of each other. While traditionally observers refrain from participation and intervention, I discovered that adopting a more interventionist approach to this at-risk pair was needed to support their development. Daily vignettes demonstrate gradual growth in the mutual regulation and well-attuned development of this dyad. Close observation over many months led the mother to recognise her baby's intentions accurately, points of view, and mental states that lay behind her behaviours. The baby's experience of her mother as empathic and soothing was a major transformation from her experiences in the first weeks of life when the mother felt she did not like children and was unable to regulate and soothe her infant.
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