The importance of quality attachments to healthy infant development is that of preattachment phase (birth to 6 weeks old), attachment in the making phase (6 weeks to 8 months old), clear attachment phase (8 months to 2 years old) and Formation of reciprocal relationships phase (18 months and onward) where caregivers and infants are in tuned to an infant’s needs and cues in which a caregiver does “consistently respond to infants’ needs, interpret infants’ emotional signals sensitively, regularly express affection and permit baby to influence the pace and direction of their mutual interacts.” (Swim, 2017, p.69) Therefore all stages need to be met to allow an infant to feel secure and safe when with their caregiver. Caregivers who respond
