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This paper summarises the theoretical views of infancy of prominent child analysts Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and Donald W. Winnicott. As well as John Bowlby's Attachment theory. It suggests that this is in no small measure influenced by the analyst's previous profession and or experience. The importance of the quality of the caretakers provision on the infant's development is stressed.