“Baby Boom”, is a heartfelt and comical movie in one. J. C. Wiatt played by (Diane Keaton), is a woman of a fast paced lifestyle dedicated to her profession working 75-80 hours a week. J. C has no time to spare for her personal or romantic life, or relaxation time for that matter with her schedule. (The film shows J. C. and her live-in mate, played by Harold Ramis, grudgingly allocating four minutes for sex one evening before going right back to their reading (“Movie Review – Baby Boom – Film: ‘Baby Boom’ – NYTimes. com”, n. d. ).
This movie goes from a career driven women who scared everyone, to a mother in the country who now shows fear. J. C. Wiatt is a workaholic whose sole focus in life is her job, until she is faced with a very hard decision, work or motherhood. attachment theory is clearly shown in this film between J. C, and Elizabeth the baby she inherited from her cousins who died in England. Attachment (John Bowlby, 1969), is the strong affectionate tie we have with special people in our lives that leads us to feel pleasure when we interact with them and to be comforted by their nearness in times of stress (Berk, pg.
149).
Ethological theory of attachment, which recognizes the infant’s emotional tie to the caregiver as an evolved response that promotes survival, is the most widely accepted view by John Bowlby (Berk, pg. 150).
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Elizabeth expresses attachment theory when she is separated from J. C on several occasions, such as when Harold Ramis comes home and Elizabeth is fearful (stranger to her).
Also, when J. C leaves her at the coat check-in and offers the attendant a large tip to keep her quiet for one hour, Elizabeth did not settle and cried until J. C was in sight again and held her.
J. C shows clear and obvious ties to attachment theory as well. J. C never expected to take on the parenting role, she had plans on becoming partner in her company she was employed at and devoting more of her time that she barely had already. Once left with Elizabeth at the airport with no other chose, but to keep her until she could make arrangements and put her up for adoption. However, she now had to keep Elizabeth for two days before the adoption would take place. She had no clue how to raise or tend to an infant this was no easy task for J.
C. Few examples of being clueless, resorted to using tape to keep diaper on when she failed on “several” attempts, gave her a bowl of linguine to eat, which let to a huge mess, as well as spraying the infant with cleaning solution. However, things did start to improve and she was catching on to some reassuring attempts that worked. During this time Elizabeth got sick and J. C started to master some of the parenting skills she never thought she would. She took baby’s temperature and gave her medicine to bring down her fever. J. C.
paced the hallway back and forth to comfort Elizabeth while she tried to calm and fall asleep. J. C. slept with Elizabeth and stayed near her to make her feel safe “secure base”. This serves as an internal working model, or set of expectations about the availability of attachment figures and their likelihood of providing support during times of stress (Berk, pg. 150).
After these two days together, waiting the adoption day J. C. and Elizabeth developed a strong emotional tie (attachment).
The day comes to give Elizabeth up for adoption J.
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C and she shows empathy now that its time to say goodbye. The adoptive parents did not seem right for Elizabeth, J. C. says goodbye as Elizabeth is crying and leaves. She made it maybe ten paces away from the door before she turned around and forfeited the adoption, she became to attached to Elizabeth and developed the emotional bond of needing to keep her safe and look after her herself, not some strangers! She tried to balance her work and keeping Elizabeth, but it was tough ad she was very insecure with any babysitter/nanny she left Elizabeth with.
She was a nervous wreck and found it very hard to leave Elizabeth for long periods now. She made a huge decision and left her cozy high paying job, packed up and moved to Vermont (in the country).
There was no plan other than to spend time with Elizabeth and raise her in a more laidback, slow paced life style. This is were a lot of the comical parts of the movie took place, because J. C. was a city girl, and each day was a new challenge and accomplishment. J. C. started making applesauce from her harvest of apples on her land, which turned out to a booming baby food business.
Now, she has an offer to be back part of the city life and make millions to sell her baby food business. J. C. finds this so exciting and cant wait to meet with the company and work out a package, as she is in the building where she worked prior, in the bathroom looking in the mirror, repeats “I’m back, I’m back. However, as she heads back towards the conference room to give her decision, she see’s everyone racing frantically and are remembering what she will give up with this decision. J.
C runs her business at her pace, around her schedule, is her own boss, has a crib and a mobile in her office in Vermont, where Elizabeth is apart of her day the whole while. She turns down the millions of dollars and the city life she once loved, all for Elizabeth she was extremely attached and she had new priorities (Elizabeth).
Baby boom shows several examples within Bowlby’s theory of attachment, as well as demonstrates ethology, (Bowlby’s fours phases).
Elizabeth depends on J. C. for her survival; food, shelter, comfort, etc. “ secure base”.
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