As I understand it, most babies seem to just know.  My oldest took a month to figure out the whole breastfeeding thing.  I have teased him that he was a "stupid baby".  The reality is that he seems to have less instinct than most folks.  This has its good points and bad points.  But I did not see a lot of the "normal, expected" baby behaviors until I had my second child.<p>In short:  A sample of one does not disprove a generality.