Petunia;well adjusted Harry

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 114121

Kim wrote:
Maybe my perspective (being Muggle myself) is too limited, but 
>someone, one would have had to feed baby Harry, bathe him, change his
>nappies, hold him when he cried, and show a certain amount of 
>kindness or Harry would have ended up a total emotional cripple by 
>the time he was 11,wouldn't he, instead of the spunky little guy he 
>turned out to be. Maybe Petunia loves Harry even while she hates 
>him, if that makes any sense (which it probably doesn't...).

Leah:

Judging by Petunia's treatment of Dudley, or Mummy's diddikins, 
Petunia may well be one of those women who love the baby stage but 
can't cope effectively with rearing children.  We also know that 
Vernon is Managing Director of the drill firm (can't remember its 
name) and therefore presumably spent the early days of their marriage 
concentrating on climbing the slippery pole at work.  This would give 
Petunia plenty of opportunities to, as you say, do her baby care bit 
with Harry (adding to Dudley's jealousy).  I suspect things got worse 
when Harry ceased to be a cute baby and therefore attractive to 
Petunia, looked more  like James, impacted more on Vernon and of 
course, started showing signs of that thing they didn't talk about. 
Leah