three.

[thraxios]

[Gideon's handwriting isn't nearly as neat as usual: the letters wobble, and there are splatters and swipes of ink around the words. Holding a squirming, squalling baby while trying to write using pen and ink in a journal that doesn't want to stay open to the proper page isn't an easy task.]

It won't stop crying.

What does one do

[and there's a particularly large spill of ink]

when it won't stop crying?

I've tried everything I can think of.

((OOC: Gideon is now father to a little girl who's old enough to have hair just like his, but not so old that she can say what she wants. >D))

Comments

[thraxios]

Surely she'll learn more from figuring out how they work herself.

[heloise]

Even the most intelligent of babes would never learn to read if left alone.

[thraxios]

Education is another matter entirely - were she old enough to be taught, I would prepare lessons for her.

[heloise]

Even a newborn is ready to be taught, even if not in languages we recognize. Written or otherwise.

As I said, you may regret having been so sparing with your affection.

[thraxios]

In a week, we'll know.

[heloise]

Some lessons are more easily learned by listening. Experience is a harsh teacher.

[thraxios]

Your advice is appreciated.