The way Irene raved over those dimples was silly, I consider.
You would have supposed she thought she had really brought them into existence.

But I sewed steadily and did not enthuse, and soon Irene got tired of bouncing Jims and put him back in his cradle.

He did not like that after being played with, and he began to cry and was fussy the rest of the afternoon, whereas if Irene had only left him alone he would not have been a bit of trouble.
"Irene looked at him and said, 'Does he often cry like that ?' as if she had never heard a baby crying before.
"I explained patiently that children have to cry so many minutes per day in order to expand their lungs.

Morgan says so.
"'If Jims didn't cry at all I'd have to make him cry for at least twenty minutes,' I said.
"'Oh, indeed!' said Irene, laughing as if she didn't believe me.
'Morgan on the Care of Infants' was upstairs or I would soon have convinced her.

Then she said Jims didn't have much hair--she had never seen a four months' old baby so bald.
"Of course, I knew Jims hadn't much hair--yet; but Irene said it in a tone that seemed to imply it was my fault that he hadn't any hair.