ABSTRACT
Consider two texts. One is a story, a memoir of sorts, of a woman’s first year of motherhood. At once both humorous and poignant, the text chronicles the feelings and events the mother experienced in her child’s infant year. The other text is one of the ubiquitous texts written for parents on infant development and care. The text contains information about infant development in different domains – eating, sleeping, social interaction – along with advice for parents about how to support their child’s development in each domain.
