Babies And Their Mothers

by Winnicott, D. W.

• ISBN13: 9780201632699
• ISBN10: 0201632691
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-21
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

'My reaction to this work can perhaps be best understood by imagining oneself to be the editor of some popular journal who had just received from Sigmund Freud a collection of his most important work written specifically for the educated lay public.

Author Biography

D. W. Winnicott (1896-1974), pediatrician and psychoanalyst, influenced several generations in the fields of child psychiatry, social work, and child development as well as psychoanalysis. He is known especially for his bold and brilliant imagination, and his unique, even poetic style.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Benjamin Spock
Editors' Preface	xiii
The Ordinary Devoted Mother	3	(12)
Knowing and Learning	15	(8)
Breast-Feeding as Communication	23	(12)
The Newborn and His Mother	35	(16)
The Beginning of the Individual	51	(8)
Environmental Health in Infancy	59	(10)
The Contribution of Psychoanalysis to Midwifery	69	(14)
Dependence in Child Care	83	(6)
Communication Between Infant and Mother, and Mother and Infant, Compared and Contrasted	89	(16)
Original Source of Each Chapter	105	(6)
Bibliographical Note: Books	111	(2)
D. W. Winnicott
Index	113	(14)
About the Author	127