The Tenth Day of May - Berry Brazelton Day: Remembering Berry on his Birthday

The 10th Day of May – Berry Brazelton Day

by Kevin

I

Here’s a toast to T. Berry B.

In champagne, or whiskey or tea.

To his work with the Scale

Success without fail

A One Hundred Year Symphony

II

You may travel from Bonn to Shanghai,

Berry’s there with a glint in his eye,

Whether Full Term or Preemie

No matter how teeny

He’ll send parents away on a high

III

As he uses the Brazelton Scale

With Berry no baby can trail

He may never find tonus,

Babinski or clonus,

But each baby smiles back without fail!

IV

The NBAS, the NNNS and NBO,

And the Presidents Medal in tow,

As Mentor and Guide,

And clinician well-tried,

Is there anything left to bestow?

V 

So, let trumpets and drummers proclaim

From Nagasaki to Lisbon to Maine

That the Tenth day of May

Is “Berry Brazelton Day”,

Sing “Sláinte” in choral acclaim

(Sláinte means “good health” in Irish, pronounced slawn-che)