Recently, one of the moms I helped with breastfeeding came to me for information on breastfeeding and rickets. Her baby was diagnosed with rickets after the mother's incesistence that there was a problem with her almost 1 year old. The little girl was not walking and did not like to weight bear at all. Rickets were not diagosed until tests were read by a 2nd orthopedic MD, and happily all is correcting with increased vitamin D therapy. This mom found a group of moms and babies, all breastfed with the same problems. The one common factor was that all the babies were in daycare due to their mother's employment, and all were recieving pumped breastmilk as well as breastfeeding. Are there any studies looking at Vit. D lose in pumped and stored breastmilk? Awaiting your toughtful replies. Barbara Heiser