Debbie wrote:
<<My sons would get "mean" right before my period.....Since I nursed
my second child for 4 1/2 years, it became especially noticeable with
all the heavy fits that he threw at that time.>>>

My son (breastfed for 3 years) picked up my moods like blotting
paper, even after he weaned. Sometimes his behaviour was a cue to me
that I was due.  While I have heard lots of babies fussing and
feeding more around the time of mother's menstuation (some around
ovulation), I suspect tantrums and moods are more the result of the
close relationship breastfed children have with their mothers.

Ros Escott IBCLC
Tasmania, Australia