For the record.

• Ezra’s first fever: 22 July 2008
• Ezra’s first cold: 28 July 2008

Blame it on the movies. Before Ezra’s medical check-up, I was always under the impression that a child would definitely follow either his father’s or his mother’s blood type ONLY. Imagine my surprise when I found out that Ezra’s blood type was B, whereas mine was O and my husband’s was AB! It wasn’t right — it MUST be only either AB or O! I mean, that’s what the movies say right?! That the child must follow exactly the blood type of either one parent?!

After a little explanation by the pediatrician, I now understand that:

• If one parent is O and the other is either A or B, your child can be O or A, or O or B.
• If one parent is AB and the other is either A or B, your child can be either A, B or AB.
• If both parents are A or B, your child can be O or A, or O or B.
• If both parents are O, then your child can only be O.

There you go, a biology lesson learned. Damn those scary child-switch horror movies!