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MOTshe is aware when she's # got a wet nappy and says <poo poo> ["] in fact .
HVIhm yes .
MOT*MOT: so she's [/] # she's very interested in um # us using the loo .
HVIright .
MOTxxx .
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GRA<is that all right> [<] ?
CHIyyy [<] .
HVI*HVI: +, certainly twenty three pounds for a child of this age who is quite short # sounds <very [//] # very> [>] average .
CHIyyy [<] .
HVIum # but I think the thing is <obviously their interest> [>] is taken up with so My <other things> [>] at the moment that +...
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CHIyyy .
MOTseventy seven and a half .
GRA*GRA: granny's got a very big head .
MOTcentimetres .
GRAgranny .
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MOTare you measuring Granny's head ?
MOTare you sure you wouldn't like to know the measurements of Granny xxx ?
GRA*GRA: well Granny's always had a very big head for her small stature .
MOTxxx .
CHImummy .
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MOTxxx .
CHImummy .
GRA*GRA: actually I always had very big hats for a tiny child .
MOTyes # I've got a huge head as well .
GRA<of course it was hair partly on my case xxx > [>] .
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HVIso she was <quite a large> [>] .
MOT<xxx heavy baby> [<] [>] .
GRA*GRA: <she was> [<] very late though wasn't she ?
MOTyes .
GRA0.
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CHIyyy [<] .
MOTno [<] .
HVI*HVI: but they are [//] # both the weight and height are very nicely together # and I think if we had a height [//] a head circumferance chart as well [//] we'd see that they were [//] that that was also # with the fiftieth [//] # just below the fiftieth centile so xxx [>] .
MOT<do you expect> [<] their um [/] # their height and weight at this stage to <still correlate> [>] with birth ?
CHIyyy .
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GRAbut I never did .
MOTxxx .
HVI*HVI: you're very petite aren't you ?
HVIhow much do you weigh ?
GRAwell I # now weigh seven and a half stone but I have [//] I was a bit more [>] than that .
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GRAxxx he's short for the family [>] .
MOT<yes [/] um> [<] # yes I suppose that's true [>] .
GRA*GRA: because on my side of the family Margaret's father's very tall and my # father for instance was very short so there's .
HVIisn't it strange # yes .
HVIwell I'm considered # very tall in my family if that'll give you any indication of how short we are # in Wales .
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GRAbecause on my side of the family Margaret's father's very tall and my # father for instance was very short so there's .
HVIisn't it strange # yes .
HVI*HVI: well I'm considered # very tall in my family if that'll give you any indication of how short we are # in Wales .
GRAyes .
HVIand I'm only five foot four but I tower above my sister and my mother .
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HVI0.
HVII know you like to do that .
HVI*HVI: very cooperative aren't you ?
HVIand again .
MOTsometimes .
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CHIbed [<] .
MOT<she's a trained psychoanalyst isn't she> [<] ?
HVI*HVI: that's right # <very unnerving> [>] talking to her though (be)cause I always think oh God she's looking right through me .
CHIoh dear [<] .
MOT0.
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CHIyyy [>] .
HVIblimey [<] I mean +...
MOT*MOT: we had one point where we were going through one of the security checks in one of the airports on the way and she was carrying her dog # and the [//] um sec [//] the security guard made as if to take the dog away to check it and I said [/] I said <oh look I don't think she's going to like it if you take it away> ["] and he said <oh oh all right then> ["] so he checked it very nicely without [>] taking it away .
CHIninã [<] [?] .
HVIxxx [>] .
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MOT+, it's going on until she's three and a bit .
HVIand she is the [/] the sole subject xxx [>] .
MOT*MOT: <she is for the> [<] [/] for the d [= starts saying something else] yes for [/] for the moment but it's amazing actually # <how much I'm not going to be able to do> [>] because it's [/] it's very detailed type [//] kind of stuff and I'm only going to be able to focus on certain aspects of it so # there's a lot more I could do .
CHI<yyy # yyy # yyy> [<] .
HVIit's very sort of Piagetian isn't it sort of very in depth study of one child <and sort of following it through> [>] .
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MOT<she is for the> [<] [/] for the d [= starts saying something else] yes for [/] for the moment but it's amazing actually # <how much I'm not going to be able to do> [>] because it's [/] it's very detailed type [//] kind of stuff and I'm only going to be able to focus on certain aspects of it so # there's a lot more I could do .
CHI<yyy # yyy # yyy> [<] .
HVI*HVI: it's very sort of Piagetian isn't it sort of very in depth study of one child <and sort of following it through> [>] .
MOT<yes well it's [//] if [/] if you> [<] look at the language it's so detailed it's got so much data you don't know what to do with it really .
CHI0.
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MOTdid you ?
HVII mean I spent hours xxx [>] .
MOT*MOT: xxx [<] because the transcription <is very> [>] .
HVI<that's right> [<] well also # as well when you're you know sort of # quite inexperienced at these things as I am it's knowing what to look for and knowing the <short cuts> [>] and the .
MOTyes [<] .