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I though Henley was happy, placid and content. He enjoyed exploring and playing with the balls. He was commando crawled and I noticed he used his left leg to push himself forward a lot of the time. I felt his play was quite structured by his parents. He babbled and cried to communicate with his parents.

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I found Henley to be a content baby with a very calm demeanour. He was aware of the camera/observer at different times, but did not seem to be bothered by it. He was very engaged with Mum, and I thought secure attachment was established very early on. I found him to be securely attached and connected with his environment too.

Henley knew his way around the main kitchen/living area, and was free to roam and explore without being confined or overly restrained. Jessica was confident to let him explore and only intervened to play or to remove him from a potential hazard.

Routine was a clear part of Henley's day and he seemed to engage with feeding and eating and enjoyed gently interactions with mum during those times. Mum modelled/mirrored eating to spur him along, and with some sound effects, seemed to convey the expectation.

Mum was able to follow Henley's lead and was not wanting to re-direct his 'play' unless she deemed it a hazard. Henley seemed to love playing with his ball or balls, and was particularly keen to walk (aided by Jessica) and pull himself up.

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I have enjoyed watching all of the observations of Henley and his family. I feel like I have been on a somewhat parallel process, watching his development alongside my own observational stance and my increased curiosity. I have been curious and watching for different things along the way. On the first observation I was interested in his relationship to the balls and objects and then I found a reading about the development of an infants relationship to objects that matched what I was seeing. I liked to watch for his attachment behaviors and his eye contact with caregivers. Today watching the last observation I was struck by how responsive his environment is to him, how all of this needs are anticipated. He wants food and water and it is there, he wants to stand or be picked up and he is, he cries and someone is there attending to him. What a wonderful world view he is developing, that the world is responsive and that he is seen and heard.

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He seems to really love playing with balls, which take up a lot of his attention. He responded to small comments that mum made, such as "open up" during meal time.
During feeding he responded to Mum's patting on his back by patting her head. (very sweet interaction to observe).
He doesn't seem to vocalise all that much but seems to have his needs met very well in my opinion.

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I was surprise to read the comment on this Padlet about Bonnie's lack of interaction with her environment. In observation 3 (my first observation) she comes across as alert, mouthing, rolling, kicking toys, reaching for rings on the play gym and scrunching the play mat with her palms. I interpreted the fact that she does not fret over loud noises (the phone ringing, the door opening) as a sign of concentration in her play rather than disinterest. She is aware of the sounds around her (the television, the grandma clicking her tongue) Her fingers are in her mouth a lot and she consistently dribbles, a sure fact that she's teething. Despite this inconvenience, she is clearly engaged in mastering her gross motor skills (rolling, pushing herself up). .Overall it's a very energetic and resilient moment of exploration (especially as her sister handles her and sits on her).

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I have only completed 1 ob to date but from this ob found Bonnie to have minimal outward expression to assorted stimuli and minimal interaction with her environment - possibly due to the fact the she has to be assisted in many ways to have external interaction.

She was quite taken with one toy in particular and I wonder if it was today's favourite or an ongoing one? Her physical positioning is again semi reliant on external support and whilst she could roll without support, she is at this stage, limited in her physical positioning and movement.

I note uneasily that there was minimal touch/holding with mum.  In regards to child development I noted infant is of an age she could be teething so that may explain the ongoing oral fixation with the toy in mouth?  Nothing stood out in relation to clothing, perhaps I need to understand what I should be looking for with this subtheme?

The history of the child states mum is a teacher.  I have only observed once (and its only a TINY snap shot of the day) which is not enough to form evidence but mum seems tired and a little disinterested in the infant today, she offers the majority of her time to the sibling. I felt she could maybe engage/interact with the infant more.

The theme table was helpful thank you.
- Tania Harrington

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This is the first thing that struck me about Henley:
I found Henley to be curious he liked to explore and investigate places that his mum didn't want him to access such as the pantry, cupboard in his bedroom and wanting to go beyond the partition (as he tired to put his hand under the screen/partition.)

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Henley has been observed as an active, playful, happy, and adventurous child.
Henley kept pulling himself up to a sitting position while his mother was changing his nappy. His mother gently pushes him back to lay him on the nappy mat with verbal interactions. Then she gave him a musical toy to distract him, which he seemed to enjoy playing with it.
During his free play time, Henley demonstrated confidence in his environment. He grabbed a ball and started to play with it, holding it, throwing it, and crawling towards it. Mum was verbally interacting with him using adult language. She engaged with him in a few play episodes in which he seemed very interested. Henley can commando crawls with confidence and was observed pulling himself up and standing on the furniture with some support from his mother. Mum seems relaxed and uses good role modeling skills during playtime and mealtime. Mum keeps reminding Henley of what will happen next; for example, having a bath after dinner and getting ready for sleep time.

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Infant - Bonnie interacting with the environment

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Infant - Bonnie interacting with the environment

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Infant to me is baby, a little squishy being that relies on others for nourishment, both physical and emotional. Infant means early development, in a stage where the wider world isn't as important as the immediate world the infant exists in. Watching infant Bonnie I felt as though she wasn't interacting with her environment so much as she was focused on the toy in front of her. There were occasional brief glances at her mother, sister and the television/trees outside, but she spent most of her time learning how to manipulate her toys with her hands and her mouth. I was quite surprised at her lack of reaction to some of the louder events inside the home, leaving me questioning whether these are occurrences she is used to, or is there an issue with her hearing/development of reactions (I reflected on my own experience with my middle child - a health nurse sent us for an urgent hearing test as my daughter wouldn't respond to noise, voices or sounds behind her...the hearing test showed her hearing was fine and she was 'diagnosed' as being ignorant).

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Jessica (Henley's mom) is very interactive with Henley, throughout the nearly one hour observation, she keeps on talking to him and initiating games to play with him.

Henley enjoys games that Jessica suggested, that includes getting the ball from the top of the tin or try to look for the ball that is in the tin, he also enjoys tickles from mom and at the peekaboo game, he giggled the loudest.

Henley enjoys walking with the support of mom, he also wants to push himself up, he is able to commando crawl very fast and he crawls confidently.

Henley and the cats are very relaxed with each other, Henley tries to pat the cat softly copying Jessica.

At feeding, Henley was unsure about the sausage at the beginning, Jessica encouraged him to try and he took it, he also were able to finish the chicken and rice his mom prepared, Jessica would make a sound to encourage Henley to keep eating (to open his mouth), Henley also had a kiwi and mango.

Henley loves chasing balls and he also tries to go into the pantry, Jessica will pick him up from the pantry and distract him by playing by holding his hands and walking away together.

There were a few times that Henley feels grumpy and made an annoyed sound, his mom would distract him by looking out the window,  or to pick him up to sooth him.

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The nappy change made me laugh. Although he was quite content laying down; he tried many times to get up. Showing good upper body strength. Mo helped to distract him with a toy, with great effect.

Henley seemed to enjoy playing independently and Mo always talked to him while she was tidying or getting dinner ready.

Henley loved playing with balls; he seemed to enjoy the cause and effect nature; when he swiped them they rolled, when he banged them together they made noise etc. When offered other toys such as the eggs and the book, he seemed to enjoy exploring; turning pages of the book, banging eggs together.

When he became upset he was easily settled by Mother's cuddles and redirection. eg. looking out the window and returning to play.

At times, Henley seemed to get frustrated with pulling himself up to stand. Mo provided scaffolded support to help him; at times letting him fall (safely) and trying again until he achieved success.

He seemed to enjoy walking with assistance and his affect during this time was happy and bright.

He loved when Mo provided tickles and enjoyed this type of play. He also loved peek-a-boo; giggling and laughing.

Mo helped Henley to be gentle with the cat; demonstrating this behaviour.

During dinner time, Mo offered Henley the sausage and was encouraged to hold it by himself and eat it. Mo demonstrated how to eat it and Henley had a go himself.

Henley was quite aware of the camera at times and smiled at the observer - making the observer smile and giggle.

Question: Do our observation notes need to be a recount of what happens in the order that it happens or is the way i have written it here appropriate? My word count is way more than 250 - just wondering if dot points or statements like this is ok?

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** Not sure if this is the kind of thing that is meant to be added here... I find that often when I mention a child activity I tend to link it back to the mum a bit ;)

He was interested in the cats.  Attempted to pull their tails, and his more detailed interaction needed some scaffolding from Mum.  (At one point he did something to make the cat react).

His mode of transport was commando crawl.  He seemed to love being assisted to walk, as he started beaming each time this happened.

He was restless during the nappy change.  And constantly wanted to get up.

He is quite lean.

The predominant toy available is the ball - so is this his favorite toy?  Certainly while he played with these, he also liked playing with the cats and the egg carton when it was given to him.

When he cried, and Mum came he calmed quite quickly.

After the nappy change, Mum put him down on the floor, and he was content with her leaving him there.