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I wonder at what age we stop counting the half birthdays. When our babies are born, we count the days, then the weeks. This can go on for quite a while. Eventually, we start counting the months. Some time around the age of two, we start counting in years. When you’re old enough to be a parent, you don’t worry about the quarters and halves. One birthday a year is quite enough, thank you very much. But when you’re a little un, every step you take towards greater age is a good one.

My daughter is five and a half today. She was so excited that she came bursting in at six a.m. with the news (I haven’t forgotten the birth, so believe me when I tell you that I already knew.  ) She could hardly contain her excitement. We promised that we would get a pizza this evening. I generally favour healthy eating (though not so healthy that snacks are disallowed) and she’s been asking for this for a couple of weeks. Seems a good time to do it. I don’t know when she will stop counting the halves. Perhaps when she gets into double figures. For today, she’s excited because she is five and a half (which means, in her mind, that she’s nearly six.)

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