I can't do the math!

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Doug Pratt wrote: 
> Maybe Hagrid was Ogg's assistant while Malfoy, the Weasleys 
> and the Marauders were in school?  

RedLena:
I don't have the time at the moment to sort of the whole time line, 
but it seems that you're assuming that the Weasleys were in 
school at the same time as Lily, James, and the rest of the 
Marauders.

I think this assumption is incorrect.  The Weasleys are more 
likely to be a number of years older than the Potters.

Doug Pratt wrote:
> How old was Harry? Young enough to sleep wrapped in a 
> blanket on a doorstep, so I would think under 1 year,
> based on my own experiences trying to get kids to sleep...

RedLena:
As already pointed out by Geoff in a reply to you, Harry was 15 
months old when he was left on the Dursley doorstep.  I have a 
20 month old son and I agree that it's not realistic to think a 15 
month old would be swaddled in blanket sleeping peacefully.  
I've always just put that aside as an iconic image used with a 
degree of literary license.  But also, every kid is different so I 
suppose maybe Jo's first child could have sleep peacefully 
wrapped in a blanket at that age and that was her frame of 
reference.

-- RedLena