ABSTRACT
Psycho-analysis, in its beginnings, had to emphasise the powerfulness of feelings and of conflicting feelings and had to explore the defences against them. Psycho-analysis gradually began to encroach on the experiences of younger children and explored the conflicts within the psyche and developed the concepts covered by words and moods and the persecutions from within and without. The mother's adaptive behaviour makes it possible for the baby to find outside the self that which is needed and expected. Another thing, however, is the communication between the baby and the mother, something that is a matter of experience and that depends on the mutuality that results from cross-identifications. The baby, on the other hand, is being a baby for the first time, has never been a mother, and has certainly received no instruction. The main thing is a communication between the baby and the mother in terms of the anatomy and physiology of live bodies.
