Occam's 24 hours

[prefectmarcus]

No: HPFGUIDX 42849

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "prefectmarcus" <prefectmarcus at y...> 
wrote:
> > <snip Marcus' 24-hours theory>
> > 
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Now, can anybody find any holes?
> > 
> > Marcus
> 
> No, most of it, as you've already pointed out, is according to 
Occam's 
> razor. However, you've stopped at the most intresting part: What 
does 
> Hagrid do during the day with Harry? At first, I used to think, 
just as 
> you do, that Hagrid is perfectly capable of taking care of Harry 
> himself, but a few other listees mentioned that Hagrid isn't really 
> suited to take care of babies (no experience), and point out that, 
> except in Norbert's case, he hasn't had much luck in taking care of 
> creatures. (I don't really agree with that, but I do agree that 
Hagrid 
> has no experience with babies, which is not the sort of thing 
> Dumbledore would overlook).
> 
> Thus, when Meg suggested that maybe Hagrid had been ordered to take 
> Harry to a person we know for a fact that can take care of children 
> very well: Molly Weasley, I changed my own theory. It makes even 
more 
> sense than assigning Hagrid with the task of taking care of Harry, 
and 
> it fits the theory quite well: check post #42568 for a TBAYed, 
complete 
> version of the theory.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Grey Wolf, who would like to ask fellow listees (especially 
mothers) at 
> what age does a baby stop taking breastmilk.

Yes, you are right.  Hagrid could have taken care of Harry by 
himself, or he could have dropped him off at the Weasleys' for the 
day while he sacked out on the sofa.  (Poor sofa!)  It would also 
explain her reaction when she meets Harry for the first(?) time.  
I've always thought her choice of words at that time were interesting 
though I could never put my finger on why they bothered me so. It 
would also explain why she feels so maternal to him if she knew him 
and took care of him when he was just an orphaned infant.

The important point is, Hagrid had to have a place to lie low.  It 
could have been the Weasleys' or Figg's or Lupin's or any number of 
places involving people we've not met yet. 

Yes, I do like Molly getting involved, and it does fit her reaction 
in book one.  It would also explain her mothering him.  Her reaction 
to him is never one of "The Famous Harry Potter."  It is always that 
of a mother.

Marcus

P.S.:  Babies are weaned from mother's milk anywhere from day one to 
as late as age six in some cultures.  P.M.