I just got off the phone with a mom who was engorged because she had tried to abruptly wean her 13 mo because the ped had expressed concern over the little girls breast buds. Mom states that child has always had buds, but this is the first time that it was brought up as a concern. Ped stated that she thought that it is something that they should watch and that perhaps the nursing had something to do with it. Baby only nurses 3 times a day and all of those are during the night. Last night was most uncomfortable for both of them. Baby wailed until 4 AM and mom's breast are ready to burst. I told mom to nurse, one more day would not make a difference and I was pretty confident that nursing had nothing to do with the breast buds, and said that I would check here to see what I could find as support for that position. Dad is an MD and would appreciate the "proof". I check the archives and got some comments on the subject from Jack Newman from 2000. Anybody have anything specific on this topic. Thanks. Gayle Prehn, RN, IBLC Romeoville, IL *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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