the oracle

We call Dr. Bluhm the oracle. He has been our pediatrician since Lucy was born, but she did everything too early to leave time for predictions. With Oscar, Dr. Bluhm's word is fact: he said he would probably crawl around 8 months (check), walk at about 13 months (check), and still have plenty of time in the week before his first birthday to catch another cold (check).

At the 15-month visit, the oracle guessed that at his current rate, Oscar would probably start talking around 17 months or so, so as September rolls around we wait, watching his lips pucker and purse, playing with "ma" and aerated "pah", wondering what he'll have to say.