We were amused on Monday to find out that Margaret is exactly average. We had no idea. But the doctor weighed and measured her and says she's at the 50th percentile for growth. She's up to 9 pounds, 7 ounces.
Yesterday, we experimented with ways to cheer up this average baby. Particular favorites were gentle bouncing, having hymns sung to her at great length, and having Daddy read Latin out loud. I think they were reading Virgil's eclogues. There really is something about the sonorous Latin periods, because having English read aloud just didn't do it for her.
This morning I needed to be taken on a date, so we packed her up and went on her first non-medical Real Outing -- to Starbucks! So, what with one thing or another, I think Meggie's cultural education is coming along splendidly!
Daddy reading from infant classics -- The Little Engine that Could, Vergil's Eclogues -- is painfully average. Beware, lest your child turn out Normal. (Every other child is going to be a Leader of Prodigious Accomplishments, and you don't want her left behind!)
ReplyDelete