ABSTRACT
For Esther Bick, the Infant Observation method consisted in giving “… a unique opportunity to observe the development of an infant more or less from birth, in his home setting and in relation to his immediate family, and thus to discover how these relations emerge and develop” (Bick, 1964, p. 240). Michel Haag (2002) defines Esther Bick's method as holistic, as the observation is extended to the whole family within which the child is born and also beyond, to relatives, friends, animals, all those who spend time with the family in those days. He remembers Bick saying: “It is not just the observation of the baby, because this is simply not possible”, thus adding to Winnicott's statement that there can be no baby without a mother.
