I tried to do a search, as I did find a question about this (in 2000), but didn't find the responses... A mom stopped me to ask about her 19 month old little girl who had recently (last 2 months) developed breast buds. Her pediatrician is blaming it on breastfeeding and told her to wean so that they can see if that is it. (When in doubt - blame the breastfeeding). If not, he tells her he would start checking the baby for tumors in the ovaries. Needless to say the mom is terribly worried - because she does not believe it is the breastfeeding, does not want to wean, and wants additional tests to be run SOONER rather than later. I have dealt with LOTS of breast buds in newborns, and in Puerto Rico we dealt with a lot of children with early development which was finally blamed on the hormones given the chickens, but I have not dealt with this in the US. Any suggestions? Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC NEW E-mail: mailto:[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