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+# Baby Book — Growth Record
+
+Source: user-provided photos of a handwritten maternal and child health record card from Michael's baby book, stored on 2026-04-25.
+
+## Overview
+This appears to be a Health Commission of N.S.W. / Bureau of Maternal and Child Health record card tracking Michael's early growth and development from infancy into early childhood.
+
+## Header Details
+- Baby health centre: Campbelltown
+- Name of baby: Manning, Michael Howe
+- Address: 5 Bangalla Ave, Bradbury
+- Date of birth: 13.10.74
+
+## High-confidence growth entries
+
+| Date | Age | Weight | Notes |
+|---|---|---:|---|
+| 14/1/75 | 4 4/7 weeks | 9 lb 1 oz | Development column includes `4100`, likely grams |
+| 28/1/75 | 6 4/7 weeks | 10 lb 6 oz | `4700` |
+| 5/2/75 | 7 5/7 weeks | 10 lb 11 oz | `4850` |
+| 20/2/75 | 9 6/7 weeks | 12 lb 2 oz | `5500` |
+| 4/3/75 | 11 4/7 weeks | 13 lb 0 oz | `5900`; measurement note appears to include `L 24 1/2" H 15 3/4"` |
+| 17/3/75 | 13 3/7 weeks | 13 lb 4 oz | `6000` |
+| 16/4/75 | 17 5/7 weeks | 15 lb 3 oz | `6900` |
+| 16/5/75 | 22 weeks | 18 lb 1 oz | `8200` |
+| 19/6/75 | 26 4/7 weeks | 19 lb 2 oz | `9020`; measurement note appears to include `L 27 1/4" H 17"` |
+| 13/8/75 | 8 months | 22 lb 14 oz | |
+| 10/9/75 | 9 months | 24 lb 8 oz | `11,100`; line also appears to mention `75½ cm` and `C 45½ cm` |
+| 20/10/75 | 10¼ months | 25 lb 11 oz | `11,650` |
+| 11/12/75 | 12 months | 26 lb 8 oz | line appears to include `L 31"` and `C 18 1/2"` |
+| 4/2/76 | ~14 months | 27 lb 2 oz | `12,300` |
+| 5/4/76 | 16 months | 25 lb 3 oz | `12,800`; this lower weight may be a read error or a genuine dip |
+| 17/6/76 | 18 months | 30 lb 8 oz | `13,850`; line appears to include `L 33 1/2` and `H 18?` |
+| 19/8/76 | 20 months | 30 lb 8 oz | `13,850` |
+| 25/11/76 | 23 months | 32 lb 4 oz | |
+| 13/12/76 | 24 months | 31 lb 12 oz | note includes `Tonsillitis` |
+| 3/3/77 | 27 months | 34 lb 6 oz | `15,600`; note may include height around `37 1/2` |
+| 29/5/77 | ~29 1/2 months | 35 lb 8 oz | |
+| 8/8/77 | ~2 years 9 months | 37 lb 8 oz | |
+| Dec 1978 | — | 52 lb 12 oz | Also notes `20.5 kg` and height around `111 cm` |
+| 22/7/79 | 4 1/2 years | 21.6 kg | Note appears to include `114 cm` and possibly head/chest measurements |
+
+## Partial / uncertain development and measurement notes
+These are visible in the source but not confidently readable enough to treat as exact transcription:
+
+- Several development-column entries appear to be gram conversions of the recorded imperial weights.
+- Some entries also seem to include measurements such as:
+  - `L 24 1/2" H 15 3/4"`
+  - `L 27 1/4" H 17"`
+  - `75 1/2 cm`
+  - `C 45 1/2 cm`
+  - `L 31"`
+  - `C 18 1/2"`
+  - later entries around `111 cm` and `114 cm`
+- One later note clearly appears to mention `Tonsillitis`.
+- Some later-childhood entries also appear to record additional body measurements (possibly head circumference / chest circumference), but the handwriting is too dense to transcribe with confidence from the current images.
+
+## Notes on reliability
+- The split left/right photos improved readability a lot compared with the original full-card image.
+- Early infancy entries through about 18 months are the strongest and most reliable.
+- Later entries are usable in part, but several contain overlapping, crossed-out, or cramped handwriting.
+- Where uncertain, this file preserves the likely reading while clearly marking it as approximate rather than pretending certainty.
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+# Baby Book — Progress and Health Record
+
+Source: user-provided photo of a page from Michael's baby book, stored on 2026-04-25.
+
+## Overview
+This appears to be a baby milestone and health record page, likely recorded in 1975. It includes developmental milestones, special tests carried out at a baby health centre, and recorded weights from 3 months to 2 years.
+
+## Transcription
+
+### Left page — Baby's Progress
+- Begins to smile — [not filled / unclear]
+- Holds up head — 16/4/75
+- Crows and laughs aloud — [not filled / unclear]
+- Reaches for toys and handles them — [not filled / unclear]
+- Able to sit erect — 31/5/75
+- Crawls and attempts to stand — 4-9-75
+- Stands with assistance — 22/4/75
+- First tooth — 18/9/75
+- First step — 11 months, 2 weeks
+- Walks alone — ditto marks shown / not clearly filled separately
+- First word — [very faint / unclear]
+- First sentence — [not filled / unclear]
+
+### Right page — Date of special tests carried out at the baby health centre
+- Urine test — 28-1-75
+- Hearing test — 19-6-75
+
+### Right page — Baby's Weight
+- Weight at 3 months — 13 lbs
+- Weight at 6 months — 19 lbs 2 oz
+- Weight at 12 months — 26 lbs 8 oz
+- Weight at 18 months — 30 lbs 8 oz
+- Weight at 2 years — 31 lbs 12 oz
+
+## Notes on readability / uncertainty
+- Some entries are blank, faint, smudged, or partly obscured by marks on the page.
+- "Able to sit erect" looks like `31/5/75`.
+- "Stands with assistance" appears to read `22/4/75`, though that date seems earlier than some preceding milestones, so there may be either a handwriting ambiguity or an out-of-order entry.
+- "First step" appears to read `11 months, 2 weeks`.
+- "Walks alone" has ditto marks beneath the first-step line, but no clearly separate value is visible.
+- "First word" is extremely faint and not confidently readable from this image.
+
+## Interpretation
+This page is a small family-health record snapshot from Michael's infancy, capturing:
+- early developmental milestones
+- health-centre testing dates
+- growth / weight progression over the first two years
+
+It is both a practical record and a personal family artefact.
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+# Personal History Index
+
+A growing archive of personal and family historical artefacts, transcriptions, and notes.
+
+## Items
+
+1. Baby Book — Progress and Health Record
+   - Note: [baby-book-progress-and-health-record.md](./baby-book-progress-and-health-record.md)
+   - Source image: [baby-book-progress-and-health-record-source.jpg](./baby-book-progress-and-health-record-source.jpg)
+   - Summary: Developmental milestones, baby health-centre tests, and recorded weights from infancy to 2 years.
+
+2. Baby Book — Growth Record
+   - Note: [baby-book-growth-record.md](./baby-book-growth-record.md)
+   - Source images:
+     - [baby-book-growth-record-left-source.jpg](./baby-book-growth-record-left-source.jpg)
+     - [baby-book-growth-record-right-source.jpg](./baby-book-growth-record-right-source.jpg)
+   - Summary: Maternal and child health card with early growth entries, recorded weights, and partial development/measurement notes from infancy into early childhood.
+
+## Conventions
+- Keep source artefacts alongside transcribed markdown notes where practical.
+- Prefer one note per source document or tightly related record set.
+- Preserve uncertainty honestly rather than over-cleaning handwritten or ambiguous historical material.
+- Add new entries in chronological catalogue order where possible.