RIBEIRO, Fernanda Schmitt    ZORNIG, Silvia Maria Abu-Jamra. Maternal love and professional care. Estilos clin. []. 2018, 23, 3, pp.542-557. ISSN 1415-7128.  https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v23i3p542-557.

This article aims at bringing a reflection about the professional early childhood care, especially the nannies, so common in the Brazilian context. First, a discussion was proposed about the importance of care for the emotional development of the baby, as well as the distinction between the relationship the caregiver establishes with the baby and that established between the mother and baby. From these considerations, a case study was presented, referring to a mother and her three triplet babies, accompanied by an observer during the first two years of the babies' life, through the Bick method of infant observation.

: professional care; maternal love; emotional development; baby; Esther Bick Method.

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