Dear Becky, My old beloved pastor who died in 1982 used to say Samuel was one of the oldest weaned kids in history, he estimated around 5 years old. Makes sense to me that Hannah would want to nurse/nurture her long awaited child for a very long time, before giving him to the temple. Susan P. rn ibclc Minnesota ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *********************************************** 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