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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.