On the Brigance, a test for children that goes from newborn to 10th 
grade, one sign of developmental abilities is the ability to hold one's 
own bottle.  Both my kids are still unable to do that. ;-)

Joylyn

Judy Ritchie wrote:

>My daughter and I visited her good friend who just moved, so we spent most
>of the day having lunch and visiting.  This friend breastfeeds her 17 month
>old boy and homeschools her 9 year old.  She told us the older one was
>baffled in 1st grade at school when a test question asked "where does milk
>come from?" and there were 4 picture choices to figure out which answer
>belonged to the question.  He simply could not answer the question.  He came
>home and said the test was wrong "there was no picture for breasts."  As he
>does not ever drink cow milk, he could not relate to the cow picture as
>having any relevancy.  
>
>Judy Ritchie
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