Dudley's development

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 92568

Geoff wrote:
> 
> (PS "The Boy Who Lived" p.8 UK edition)
> 
> ..and when Professor McGonagall objects to Harry being brought to 
the 
> Dursleys, she remarks.....
> 
> "And they've got this son - I saw him kicking his mother all the 
way 
> up the street, screaming for sweets."
> 
> (same chapter p.15)
> 
> I don't recall either of my sons being strong enough to throw 
cereal 
> at the walls when they were sixteen months; in a temper, they 
might 
> push the dish off the high chair or spit the cereal out.
> 
> Again, a child of this age with the ability to walk up the street 
and 
> kick Mum and also scream recognisably and specifically for sweets 
> must be a fast developer, don't you think?



Potioncat:
I think a 16 month old could throw cereal, perhaps not the bowl and 
all, but certainly blobs of goo!

As for the kicking, perhaps Petunia was carrying him?  She seems the 
type. And a 16 month old could kick and squirm and fuss if being 
carried.
Potioncat