Regarding the second nine months of life I would recommend as an excellent read for this subject Dr. Stephen Jay Gould's essay, originally appearing in _Natural History_ but also found in his collection _Ever Since Darwin_, called "Human Babies as Embryos." One of my favorite reads! regards, Beth -- Beth Johnson Perinatal Educator, Doula Springfield, MA USA "The kind of person who always insists on his way of seeing things can never learn anything from anyone." -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 24 *********************************************** 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