I have not personally seen the Denver Developmental Screening tool, but read today that the information below comes directly out of the tester's screening manual.    

Denver Developmental Materials, Inc., P.O. Box 6919, Denver, Colorado 80206-0919, has a developmental screening tool called Denver II Developmental Screening.  One of its assessments is a task called "Feed the Baby".  For this task, a doll and a toy bottle are placed on a table in front of the child.  The child is told to "feed the baby".  The tester is told to pass the child if the child places the bottle to the doll's mouth or obviously tries to put it to the mouth.  If the child imitates breast-feeding, the tester is to encourage the use of the bottle as breast-feeding alone is not considered a pass!


Cathy Carothers, IBCLC
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