This is getting off topic, so I won't post again on this subject, but in response to this post: "learned from my PT that crawling is a necessary developmental milestone which allows for coordination between opposite sides of the body." This is a common belief of physical therapists (and others) in the United States -- but it is (merely) a cultural belief, not scientific fact. Children in cultures where crawling does not occur grow up just fine, with no coordination problems between opposite sides of the body. Back in the mid-1980s, there was even one person from an institute in Philadelphia who said that if you didn't crawl, you wouldn't learn to read -- again, people in Mali have no problem reading. In fact, many of them learn to read Arabic at Koranic school, and then learn to read French and Bambara in public school. Many of them learn to read English as well. Kathy Dettwyler _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html