Reflections on the observation experience of a sheltered baby

This research has as main purpose to reflect on the issue of emotional development of a sheltered baby through the experience of direct observation, with adaptation to the context of shelter, of the method of observation of mother-infant relationship, originally proposed by Esther Bick. Thus, the world of Miguel was accessed, a baby five days old who was admitted into a public shelter due to abandonment. Observations were made weekly, lasting one hour, during the first four months of his life. However, in order to support the discussions proposed in this study were selected the observations of the first two months of Miguel’s life. Based on the psychoanalytic theory, this study emphasizes the discussion of the