Referring to a baby book containing snapshots and dates when an infant first crawled or talked is one way of overcoming some of the inaccuracies involved in:

Bonus question: according to wikipedia, in chinese philosophy yin and yang "describes how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent." what are some examples from the story that amy tan may have intentionally incorporated elements of yin and yang philosophy into this story? select 2.