It’s confusing but I’m just glad the mom got to keep her baby. However, if the state has its way, the baby when it’s 12 months will be separated from the mother because the state thinks 12 months is long enough for her to nurse. I guess she is one of the lucky ones because her other children must be under 5. When they turn 5, though, off they go to be dumped in a foster home along with the other poor little rejected kids. This woman will have to face that when the time comes but for now she has her baby to hold close and suckle.
I think I was wrong about them waiting ‘til the kids were 5 to take them away. I think they take them away when the kids are 12 months. No exceptions.