Banana Child Observation

Childs name: Christen

Childs age: 10 months

Setting: Kitchen

Clip duration: 1 minute and 51 seconds

Christen’s father hands clutches just above his christens knees whilst putting him in his highchair. Christen makes different sounds; his right foot goes down onto the seat while his other foot goes on top of the table. Once he has both legs in the high chair his left hand lays on the table and he points towards something with his right hand and his mouth wide open showing his top tooth. Once he is seated it becomes clear that he is pointing at bananas and looks towards his dad as he says “lala” with a big grin and puts both hands on his high chair.

Christen then turns his head back round to the bananas and points are them with his right

As both of his hands are on his thighs he moves them around and he then reaches out to something as he continues to make sounds. Christen looks at the banana his father brings over to him as his father then takes another piece out of the banana as Christen also reaches for it too. “lala” Christen continues saying. Christen then grabs on to the banana skin as his father try’s to feed Christen more banana for a few seconds before letting go of it. Christen looks at the banana as it comes closer to his mouth but he looks away and turns his head to look at a fake magnet banana on the fridge and waves his hands in front of his chest. Christen’s father then carries him in front of the fridge to get a closer look of the magnet banana. His father say “Christen look what’s this, what’s this? As he touches the magnet banana stuck onto the fridge with his index finger. Christen looks at the banana that his father is pointing to but doesn’t react, he looks at the magnet banana with no

His father says “banana” slowly and puts the box back down. His father then moves into another corner of the kitchen and bends over while carrying Christen on his right arm, he reaches out for a red book with a banana picture on the front cover of the book. Christen’s father says “Christen whats this?” Christen stares at the book his father is showing him with his mouth slightly open and looks up to face him lifting his right arm towards his father’s cheeks. Christen’s father then moves to another part of the kitchen holding Christen onto his chest holding Christen and wrapping his right arm around his stomach. Christen makes sounds and puts his right hand over his mouth. Christen’s father shows him a real half peeled banana. Christen says “nanala” as he looks at the banana his father his holding in front of Christen. Christen brings out both his arms and stretches to get hold of the banana his father is holding as he carries on making sounds with his mouth. “Lalala” Christen says as he looks at the bitten