> 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? > Is mom on birth control pills? Heavy consumer of meat products? Soy? Cheryl Taylor White www.drjaygordon.com *********************************************** 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